What the Text Says: Perspectives on Hermeneutics and the Interpretation of Texts

by Brian Wright

Overview

All human experience is not merely subject to interpretation, but is itself interpretation.  Moment by moment we evaluate the stimuli and information that our senses provide to our consciousness and make value judgments upon it that direct our subsequent thoughts, words, and actions.  From this we see that hermeneutics does not simply relate to the interpretation of texts and literature, but to existence itself.  Language, however, both spoken and written, is the chief medium by which man articulates his existence, and thus is the primary focus of hermeneutics.
Taking this thought further, language is also the medium, both spoken and written, through which God chose to reveal and communicate Himself to man.  Hermeneutics then, are an essential tool as we interpret the language of God’s communication with man across the ages as recorded in the Scriptures.  The miles and millennia between the creation of the biblical record and our present existence today underscore our reliance on good hermeneutical method to discern from these ancient texts meaning for man today.  With this in mind, this book seeks to examine several elements that are essential for a full and right understanding and approach to hermeneutics.  
 

Product Details

BN ID:	2940154233856
Publisher:	Calvert Biblical Institute for Study of Religion & Society
Publication date:	12/12/2016
Sold by:	Draft2Digital
Format:	eBook
File size:	271 KB

About the Author

ABOUT BRIAN S. WRIGHT, Ph.D(c)

Founder and Executive Director of Calvert Biblical Institute
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     Brian Wright is a biblical scholar and author, having spent most of the last seventeen years of his studies investigating the Ancient Near Eastern languages, cultures, and history that birthed Judaism and Christianity. He holds a Master of Religious Education in Middle Eastern Studies from The American Institute of Holy Land Studies, has studied sociology and religion at Oxford Graduate School, and is completing a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies at Trinity Theological Seminary.  Following this, he intends further post-graduate and doctoral study in Semitic languages, biblical interpretation, and sociology of religion.  His latest book, The Great Yet Completely Misunderstood Commission of Jesus was published in February of 2011.  His other works include Blood & Seed:What Is The Eden Story Really Telling Us? released in October of 2010, its sequel, The GodBlood, due in 2017, and What the Biblical Text Actually Says About Speaking in Tongues, due in late 2016.