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Contributions of Paul Ricoeur's theory of text to biblical interpretation.

by Chow Wai Yin. / Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-81). / Acknowledgments / Abstract / Introduction --- p.1 / Section 1 / Chapter Chapter 1 --- A brief history of biblical interpretation development --- p.5 / Chapter 1. --- A brief historical development of biblical interpretation --- p.5 / Chapter 1.1. --- Biblical interpretation in the early church: Hermeneutics of Tradition / Chapter 1.2. --- Biblical interpretation in the modern age: Hermeneutics of Understanding / Chapter 1.3. --- Biblical interpretation in the contemporary world: Hermeneutics of Existence / Chapter 2. --- The development of the notion of textuality from the early church to contemporary discussion --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1. --- Author is the only meaning of the text / Chapter 2.2. --- Readers are part of the texts / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Ricoeur's theory of text --- p.14 / Chapter 1. --- Background to Ricoeur's philosophy --- p.14 / Chapter 1.1. --- Garbriel Marcel / Chapter 1.2. --- German philosophy / Chapter 2. --- Phase I: Symbols and Hermeneutics --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1. --- The starting point of Ricoeur's hermeneutics: Hermeneutics of Suspicion and Hermeneutics of Retrieval / Chapter 2.2. --- The structure of symbol: Symbol and Hermeneutics / Chapter 3. --- Phase II: Texts and Hermeneutics --- p.19 / Chapter 3.1. --- Sassure's language system / Chapter 3.2. --- Opposed language system by Discourse / Chapter 3.3. --- The traits of a text / Chapter 4. --- The interpretative process of the text --- p.25 / Section 2 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Contributions of Ricoeur's 'referentiality' to protestant evangelical's understanding of revelation --- p.28 / Chapter 1. --- Protestant evangelical's understanding of revelation --- p.28 / Chapter 1.1. --- Protestant evangelical's understanding of revelation is in relation to the bible / Chapter 1.2. --- Criticism of the propositional of revelation / Chapter 2. --- Ricoeur's understanding on revelation --- p.30 / Chapter 2.1. --- The nature of biblical texts / Chapter 2.2. --- Can revelation through biblical texts include the notion of inter- personal address from God? / Chapter 2.3. --- Truth is embedded in poetic language / Chapter 3. --- Religious language Vs poetic language --- p.37 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Contributions of Ricoeur's theory of text to Historical-critical approach --- p.40 / Chapter 1. --- The Historical-critical approach --- p.40 / Chapter 2. --- Ricoeur's view of history --- p.43 / Chapter 2.1. --- History is the work of emplotment / Chapter 2.2. --- The nature of historical narrative / Chapter 3. --- Ricoeur's view of historical narrative in the bible --- p.48 / Chapter 4. --- The discrepancy between Ricoeur's understanding of the role of the reader and that in historical-critical approach --- p.50 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Contributions of Ricoeur's theory of text to Bultmann's demythologization --- p.52 / Chapter 1. --- Bultmann's general interpretation --- p.52 / Chapter 2. --- From general hermeneutics to specifically theological hermeneutics --- p.53 / Chapter 3. --- Bultmann's view of myth and demythologization --- p.53 / Chapter 3.1. --- Bultmann's view of myth / Chapter 3.2. --- The role of kerygma / Chapter 4. --- A critique of Bultmann's demythologization from Ricoeur's theory of text --- p.58 / Chapter 4.1. --- The distanciation of the kerygma / Chapter 4.2. --- Understanding without explanation / Chapter 4.3. --- The problem of mythological and nonmythological language / Chapter 5. --- The role of myth in Ricoeur's hermeneutical theory --- p.61 / Chapter 6. --- General hermeneutics or theological hermeneutics? --- p.63 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.66 / Chapter 1 --- A conclusion of Ricoeur's theory of text --- p.66 / Chapter 2. --- Contributions of Ricoeur's theory of text to biblical interpretation --- p.74 / Bibliography --- p.78

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_320536
Date January 1995
ContributorsChow, Wai Yin., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Religion and Theology.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, 81 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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