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CONTEMPORARY
HERMENEUTICS
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Edited by
Donald K. McKim
A GUIDE TO
CONTEMPORARY
HERMENEUTICS
M ajor Trends in
Biblical Interpretation
Edited by
Donald K. McKim
Wifi f and Stock Publishers
150 West Broadway Eugene OR 97401
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. 1999
To Van Hunter
faithful biblical interpreter,
whose insights into Holy Scripture
are matched only by his sensitive, caring friendship
Dedicated with appreciation
A Guide to Contemporary Hermeneutics
Major Trends in Biblical Interpretation
Edited by McKim, Donald K.
Copyright© 1998 McKim, Donald K.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Preface xi
Introduction, Donald K. McKim xiii
Contributors xix
PART I: BIBLICAL AVENUES
Hermeneutical Perspectives
Biblical Hermeneutics in Recent Discussion: Old Testament,
Bruce C. Birch 3
Biblical Hermeneutics in Recent Discussion: New Testament,
Daniel J. Harrington 13
The Chicago Statement on Biblical Hermeneutics 21
Theology and Exegesis: Ten Theses, David C. Steinmetz 27
Interpretive Procedures
Typological Interpretation of the Old Testament,
Gerhard von Rad 28
The Sensus Plenior and Biblical Interpretation,
William Sanford LaSor 47
'Die Superiority of Precritical Exegesis,
David C. Steinmetz 65
The New Hermeneutic, Anthony C. Thiselton 78
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PART II: THEOLOGICAL ATTITUDES
Legitimate Hermeneutics, Walter C. Kaiser, Jr. Ill
Hermeneutics and Theology: The Legitimacy and Necessity of
Hermeneutics, Anthony C. Thiselton 142
PART Ills CURRENT ASSESSMENTS
Biblical Hermeneutics on the Move, Karlfried Froehlich 175
Biblical Authority and Interpretation: The Current Debate on
Hermeneutics, Thomas W. Gillespie 192
Mind Reader and Maestro: Models for Understanding
Biblical Interpreters, Patrick R. Keifert 220
PART IV: CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES
Theological
The Sovereign Subject Matter: Hermeneutics in the Church
Dogmatics, Thomas E. Provence 241
Literary
The Coming Revolution: The New Literary Approach to the
New Testament, Peter W. Macky 263
Structural
The Structuralists and the Bible, Richard Jacobson 280
Contextual
The Interpreted Word: Reflections on Contextual
Hermeneutics, C. Rene Padilla 297
Anthropological
Supracultural Meanings via Cultural Forms,
Charles H. Kraft 309
Liberation Theology
Hermeneutics, Truth, and Praxis, Jose Miguez Bonino 344
Feminist Theology
Toward a Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics: Biblical
Interpretation and Liberation Theology,
Elisabeth Schiissler Fiorenza 358
Index 383
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The editor and publisher gratefully acknowledge permission to
reprint the following material:
Birch, Bruce C. “Biblical Hermeneutics in Recent Discussion:
Old Testament.” Religious Studies Review 10 (1984): 1-7.
Froehlich, Karlfried. “Biblical Hermeneutics on the Move.”
Word and World 1 (1981): 140-52.
Harrington, Daniel J. “Biblical Hermeneutics in Recent Dis
cussion: New Testament.” Religious Studies Review 10 (1984):
7-10.
International Council on Biblical Inerrancy. “Articles of Affir
mation and Denial.” Copyright © 1982 by the Interna
tional Council on Biblical Inerrancy. Previously appeared
in Hermeneutics, Inerrancy and the Bible. Edited by Earl D.
Radmacher and Robert D. Preus. Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 1984. Pp. 881-87.
Jacobson, Richard, “The Structuralists and the Bible.” Inter
pretation 28 (1974): 146-64.
Kaiser, Walter C., Jr. “Legitimate Hermeneutics.” In Inerrancy.
Edited by Norman L. Geisler. Grand Rapids: Zondervan,
1979. Pp. 117-47. Copyright © 1978 by The Zondervan
Corporation. Used by permission.
Keifert, Patrick R. “Mind Reader and Maestro: Models for
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Understanding Biblical Interpreters.” Word and World 1
(1980): 153-68.
Kraft, Charles H. “Supracultural Meanings via Cultural
Forms.” In Christianity in Culture: A Study in Dynamic Biblical
Theologizing in Cross-Cultural Perspective. Maryknoll, N.Y.:
Orbis Books, 1979. Pp. 116-46. Copyright © 1979 by
Charles H. Kraft.
LaSor, William Sanford. “The Sensus Plenior and Biblical Inter
pretation.” In Scripture, Tradition, and Interpretation: Essays
Presented to Everett F. Harrison by His Students and Colleagues
in Honor of His Seventy fifth Birthday. Edited by W. Ward
Gasque and William Sanford LaSor. Grand Rapids:
Eerdmans, 1978. Pp. 260-77.
Macky, Peter W. “The Coming Revolution: The New Literary
Approach to New Testament Interpretation.” The Theo
logical Educator 9 (Spring 1979): 32-46.
Miguez Bonino, Jose. “Hermeneutics, Truth, and Praxis.” In
Doing Theology in a Revolutionary Situation. Philadelphia:
Fortress Press, 1975. Pp. 86-105. Copyright © 1975 by
Fortress Press. Used by permission.
Padilla, C. Rene. “The Interpreted Word: Reflections on Con
textual Hermeneutics.” Themelios, September 1981,
pp. 18-23.
Rad, Gerhard von. “Typological Interpretation of the Old Tes
tament.” Translated by John Bright. Copyright © 1952,
1963 by Christian Kaiser Verlag. Previously appeared in
Essays on Old Testament Hermeneutics. Edited by James
Luther Mays. Richmond: John Knox Press, 1963. Pp.
17-39.
Schiissler Fiorenza, Elisabeth. “Toward a Feminist Biblical
Hermeneutics: Biblical Interpretation and Liberation
Theology.” In The Challenge of Liberation Theology: A First
World Response. Edited by Brian Mahan and C. Dale
Richesin. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1981. Pp. 91-112.
Steinmetz, David C. “Theology and Exegesis: Ten Theses.”
Histoire de Vexegese au XVIe siecle. Textes Du Colloque In
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