The Future of the Word: An Eschatology of Reading

In scripture, Jesus promises a future that potentially infuses all texts: my words will not pass away (Matt 24:35). This book argues that textseven literary texts, have an eschatology, too, a part in Gods purpose for the cosmos. They, with all creation, move toward participation in the new creation, in the Trinitys expanding, creative love. This eschatological future for texts impacts how we understand meaning making, from the level of semiology to that of hermeneutics.

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