scholarly journals The Chinese Character Bible Period and the Bible Interpretation

2014 ◽  
Vol null (165) ◽  
pp. 91-126
Author(s):  
정중호
Keyword(s):  
Chinese Character ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Bible Interpretation

scholarly journals Mystifying moments in Bible interpretation: An exploration of some implied backgrounds to three kinds of unusual Bible readings

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoffel Lombaard
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Garden Of Eden ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Adam And Eve ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Cultural Conditions ◽  
Direct Support ◽  
Bible Interpretation ◽  
To Come

This contribution is part of a series on Methodology and Biblical Spirituality. In this, the fourth contribution, the scope is widened; more practical-analytically oriented, three thoroughly different but nevertheless all unusual kinds of interpretations of the Bible are described, characterised and contextualised. Namely:• In order to explain what are perceived as textual anomalies, some Old Testament authors have been described by US-based medical practitioners as having suffered psychiatric dysfunctions.• The Garden of Eden from Genesis 2 and further has been located by a recently diseased Nigerian scholar as having been in her home country, with a Nigerian race having been the predecessors of biblical Adam and Eve.• Rastafarians, primarily Jamaica-based, regard marijuana as a holy herb and find direct support for their religious use of this plant in the Bible.However strange such ‘mystifying’ interpretations may seem within the theological mainstreams of Judeo-Christianity, there is more to these kinds of interpretations than simple whim. Certain cultural conditions along with personal, particularly spiritual, commitments enable these interpretations, which must be taken seriously in order to come to a fuller understanding of the text–interpreter dynamic. These then can cast at least some form of reflective light on the more usual current biblical-interpretative mainstreams within Judeo-Christianity, posing in a new light the question of what constitutes legitimate interpretations, also within mainstream interpretations, as religiously inclined people try to live their lives in the light of Scripture.

scholarly journals “Jonah’s gourd” and its early Byzantine interpretations

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-51
Author(s):  
Dmitry Kurdybaylo ◽  
Inga Kurdybaylo
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
Intellectual Culture ◽  
Early Medieval ◽  
Modern Reader ◽  
The Bible ◽  
History Of ◽  
Bible Interpretation ◽  
Early Byzantine ◽  
Patristic Exegesis

Many modern scholars consider the Old Testament book of Jonah being written in a boldly parodic manner. The narrative engages many details that sound humorous for a modern reader. However, from the standpoint of late Antique and early Medieval patristic exegesis, it is often unclear whether Byzantine interpreters perceived such passages laughable or at least inappropriate for a prophetic writing. This study presents a few examples of early Byzantine commentaries to the episode with Jonah and a gourd (Jonah 4:6–11). None of the commentaries expresses any explicit amusement caused by the discussed text. However, the style, method, or context of each commentary appears to be passing the traditional bounds of Bible interpretation. The earlier interpreters adhere to the most expected moral reading of Jonah 4, but they use epithets, metaphors, or omissions, which produce the effect of paradox comparable to the biblical wording itself. The later commentaries tend to involve unexpected and even provocative senses. In such interpretations, God can be thought of as being able to play with a human or even to fool and deceive. What seems us humorous in the Bible, Byzantine commentators take primarily as a paradox, which they did not explain or remove but elaborate further paradoxically. The later an interpreter is, the bolder his paradoxical approach appears. The results of the study provide some clues to understanding how the interpretation of humorous, parodic, or ironical passages were developing in the history of Byzantine intellectual culture.

scholarly journals History and Hermeneutic Horizons of the Bible Commentaries in the Slavic Context

2016 ◽  
pp. 80-93
Author(s):  
Serhii Sannikov
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Main Emphasis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Bible Interpretation ◽  
Evangelical Movement

The article by Sannikov Sergiy “History and Hermeneutic Horizons of the Bible Commentaries in the Slavic Context: Part 1. History and Practice of the Bible Commentaries in the Slavic Context” is the first part of the research of the history and hermeneutic horizons of the Bible commentaries in the Slavic context. The author surveys the history of the Bible interpretation in Eastern Europe, analyzes the diachronical interpretation principles progress, shows the hermeneutical methods used in the Evangelical movement of in the 19th and 20th centuries and the correspondent hermeneutic approaches in the Orthodox tradition. The author distinguishes the main hermeneutic principles being the basis for the commentators of the 19th-20th centuries and the approaches to interpretation practiced in the Slavic context. A special attention is given to the Bible interpretation made by national authors who have been publishing their works during the last 20 years. The main emphasis is made on the literature on hermeneutics published in recent years and used in Evangelical educational institutions.

Hermeneutics, Contexts, Identity: a Critical Discussion of the Bible in Africa

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 378-415
Author(s):  
Gerrie F. Snyman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
The West ◽  
Bible Translations ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Critical Scholarship ◽  
Bible Interpretation ◽  
Reading Context

AbstractThis article provides a critical discussion of some aspects in The Bible in Africa: Transactions, Trajectories, and Trends (West & Dube 2000). The book gives its intended Western reader the opportunity to see (an etic view) how others perceive the Western cultural context. The discussion focuses on the following aspects: (a) The role and possibilities of critical scholarship; (b) The possibility to find a common (for those living in the West and inAfrica) reading context in the light of Cancun and the new 'Empire (c) A model for deconstructing colonial Bible interpretation over against (d) a model of connectivity between the Bible and Africa in terms of resonance and continuity; (e) The essential role missionaries played in Bible translations; and (f) a reflection on some hermeneutical considerations in reading the Bible in Africa.

scholarly journals The Bible Interpretation Through Poetry

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 240-243
Author(s):  
Angela Brown
Keyword(s):  
Educational Plan ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Bible Interpretation ◽  
Moral Faith ◽  
Justice Practice ◽  
The Church ◽  
Reading Interpretation

I have composed an educational plan used to improve reading interpretation and writing catharsis of the Bible. Upon studying the theory of the inequity of justice practice within my moral faith, I wanted to express my feelings of the Church through a poem. I felt I owed it to God to provide a positive reflection of my faith to others so they could relate to the Bible and understand my position of faith. Faith is a measurement of time utilized to explicate meaning.

scholarly journals "If you knew how important the word is": the latest trends In biblical hermeneutics study in the ukrainian polish-language prose of the baroque period

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-359
Author(s):  
Svitlana Sukharieva
Keyword(s):  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Biblical Hermeneutics ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Special Place ◽  
Ancient Literature ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
Bible Interpretation

The article deals with the main trends of modern biblical studies of ancient literature, in particular the Ukrainian Polish-language prose of the Baroque period. Attention is focused on the universal and individual factors of sacral images and motifs interpretation derived from the Scriptures and designed on the background of fiction. Accordingly, the polycultural character of Polish-language works created on the borders of Ukrainian and Polish literatures is underlined. The author analyzes the creative work of baroque writers such as Meletii Smotryckyi, Ipatii Potii, Andrii Muzhylovskyi, Lazar Baranovych, Petro Mohyla, Ioanykii Galiatovskyi, Teofil Rutka, Pahomii Woina Oranskyi, etc. In the context of their bible interpretation a special place is dedicated to the quotation of the Holy Scriptures, as well as concord series of biblical images for which numerous references have been given, biblical paraphrases and repositions of evangelical parables, liturgical symbols, and metaphorical constructions derived from the Bible mentioned by ancient authors as works possessing individual and typological characteristics. 

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