Thiselton on Hermeneutics: The Collected Works and New Essays of Anthony Thiselton

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Routledge, May 15, 2017 - Religion - 842 pages
Hermeneutics is an interdisciplinary study of how we interpret texts, especially biblical texts, in the light of theories of understanding in philosophy, meaning in literary theory, and of theology. This volume brings together the seminal thought of a leading contemporary pioneer in this field. Thiselton's The Two Horizons was a classic on how horizons of biblical texts engage creatively with the horizons of the modern world. The author's later New Horizons in Hermeneutics explored still more deeply the transforming capacities of biblical texts, while his massive commentary on 1 Corinthians interpreted an epistle. This volume collects many of Anthony Thiselton's more notable writings from some seven books and 70 articles, to which he adds his own re-appraisals of earlier work. It uniquely expounds the thought of a major contemporary British theologian through his own words, and includes his own critical assessments.
 

Contents

Acknowledgements
Thirty Years of Hermeneutics 1996
Hermeneutics and SpeechAct Theory
ReaderResponse Hermeneutics
Changing the World Illocutions Christology and Directions
Christology in Luke SpeechAct Theory
The Paradigm of Biblical Promise
A Retrospective Reappraisal of Work on SpeechAct Theory New
Lexicography Exegesis
Parables NarrativeWorlds and ReaderResponse Theories
The Two Horizons and Pre
The New Hermeneutic 1977
Philosophy Language Theology and Postmodernity
God as SelfAffirming
Loss of Hope and the Possibility
Behind and In Front

Hermeneutics Semantics and Conceptual Grammar
The Meaning
Semantics and New Testament
Does the Bible Call All Cretans Liars? The Logical Role of
Lexicocraphy Exegesis and Reception History
Reception History or Wirkungsgeschichte? The Holy Spirit in 1
Love the Essential
Meanings and Greek Translation Relating to Spiritual Gifts in 1
Can Authority Remain Viable in a Postmodern Climate?
Postmodernity Language
Hermeneutics History and Theology
Time and Grand Narrative? Human Being Relationality and Time
Polyphonic Voices
Luther and Barth on 1 Corinthians 15
Hermeneutics 1999
Index of Names and Subjects

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Anthony C. Thiselton is Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology, University of Nottingham, and Research Professor of Christian Theology, University of Chester.

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