“ what does it mean? ” hermeneutics: the science of interpretation
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“What does it Mean?”Hermeneutics:
The Science of Interpretation
David Moseley, Ph.D.
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Also Sprach ZarathustraRichard Strauss
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What does the Bible Say…?“All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness…” (II Timothy 3:16)
“Texts of Terror” Holiness Code of Torah Cultural Institutions Condoned by Scripture Is the Bible “Scientific”?
What does Jesus say on Crucial issues?
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How do we Interpret a Text?
All Dimensions of our Experience are Subject to Interpretation
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Which Animal is This?
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V-Sign?
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Music & Meaning
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Born in the U.S.A.Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
Born down in a dead man's townThe first kick I took was when I hit the groundYou end up like a dog that's been beat too muchTill you spend half your life just covering up
Born in the U.S.A.I was born in the U.S.A.I was born in the U.S.A.Born in the U.S.A.
Got in a little hometown jamSo they put a rifle in my handSent me off to a foreign land To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the U.S.A.I was born in the U.S.A.I was born in the U.S.A.Born in the U.S.A.
Come back home to the refineryHiring man says "Son if it was up to me"Went down to see my V.A. manHe said "Son don't you understand now"
I had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet CongThey're still there, he's all goneHe had a woman he loved in SaigonI got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of the penitentiaryOut by the gas fires of the refineryI'm ten years burning down the roadNowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go
Born in the U.S.A.I was born in the U.S.A.Born in the U.S.A.I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
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Lucy in the Sky with DiamondsThe Beatles
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain,Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,Waiting to take you away.Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,And you're gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds…
Picture yourself on a train in a station,With plasticine porters with looking glass ties.Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Picture yourself in a boat on a river,With tangerine trees and marmalade skies.Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,Towering over your head.Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,And she's gone.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,Lucy in the sky with diamonds,Lucy in the sky with diamonds,Ah... Ah...
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“Lucy - in the Sky with Diamonds”Drawing by Julian Lennon (1966)
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Interpreting the Bible
Genesis 22
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Interpreting the Bible
John 1
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George Washington???
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George Washington
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The Life of Washington (1809) by Parson Weems
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Apotheosis of Washington
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Paul Revere???
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Paul Revere
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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1860) by Henry Longfellow
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Israel Bissell’sFour-Day 345 Mile Ride
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Medieval EpistemologyPre-Modern Paradigm of
Imago Dei
God
Humanity
Revelation
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René Descartes (1596-1650)
“Cogito, Ergo Sum”
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Modern EpistemologyModern Paradigm of
Cartesian Epistemology
God
Reason
Humanity
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The Enlightenment
I. ReasonII. NatureIII.AutonomyIV. HarmonyImmanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment? (1784)
“Sapere Aude!”
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Biblical Studies in the Early Nineteenth Century
The Challenge of Reason to Biblical Interpretation Thomas Jefferson’s New Testament
Two Schools of Biblical Studies in the Early Nineteenth Century:
I. Supernaturalism – Bible is Literal / Historical Truth = Fundamentalism
II. Naturalism – Bible Stories have “Natural” Explanations = Rationalism
Limitations of these Two Schools of Thought
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HermeneuticsFriedrich Schleiermacher (1768-1834)“Hermeneutics” is the Science of Interpretation
Grammatical Historical / Psychological
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“Worldviews”
Wilhelm Dilthey(1833-1911)
“Weltanschauung” - The framework of Ideas and Beliefs through which an Individual Interprets the World and Interacts in it
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Principles of Hermeneutics
Text – Genre of Object of StudyIsegesis – Reading Into the TextPre-Text – Our PerspectiveContext – Contemporary Setting of Text
Exegesis – Reading out of the Text“Hermeneutical Circle”
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I. Genre
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How was the Bible Written?
Pre-Literate CultureOral Transmission Reliability of Oral Tradition?
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GENRE:What type of Book is the Bible?
Bible = Biblia (Books)Different Genres of WritingDifferent Genres in Scripture:
(Pre-)History LawPoetry WisdomProphecy BiographyLetters Apocalypse
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David Friedrich Strauss (1808-1874)
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The Life of JesusCritically Examined (1835-37)
Strauss sought a “Third Way” in Biblical Interpretation (beyond Supernaturalism vs. Naturalism)
Myth = When the Historical or Literal Truth is less important than the Symbolic or Moral Truth
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King Christian X of Denmark
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Strauss’ Understanding of Myth
Human Beings are “Mythopoeic” – People like to Hear or Create Myths to Express Truth“Unconscious Mythicizing Principle” at work in the Production of the Gospels“DeMythologize” - All that matters is the Symbolic or Moral Truth
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Have we Outgrown Myths?
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Narnia Movies$2 Billion…so far…
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Matrix Movies$2.5 Billion
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Spiderman Movies$3 Billion and counting…
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Batman Movies$4 Billion
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Lord of the Rings Movies$4.5 Billion
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Star Wars Movies$5 Billion
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Harry Potter Movies$8.5 Billion and counting…
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Biggest Movies of All Time…
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Titanic $2 Billion
A True Myth!
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Avatar $2.3 Billion and counting…
a.k.a.
Pocahontas II
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Who Needs Myths?
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II. Isegesis
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Michelangelo da Caravaggio(1571-1610)
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Pre-Text - Isegesis: What do we bring to Scripture?
Our Lives and ExperiencesOur Presuppositions about the BibleOur ScholarshipOur “Ideologies” and Worldviews Social Political Economic Cultural Psychological
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Context: Reconstructing Contemporary Culture
Placing Statements in ContextFor Example: “This is a Great Course”
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The Parable of the Talents
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III. Exegesis
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Exegesis: Interpretation
Different Approaches to Scripture
Interpretation starts in Scripture
Historically
Conceptually
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Anglican Hermeneutics
Richard Hooker’s “Three-Legged Stool”
1. Scripture2. Tradition3. Reason
The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity (1594)
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BarthianHermeneutics
Swiss Theologian Karl Barth (1886-1968)God is Transcendent – “Wholly Other” However, “God Speaks!”Threefold Communication/Revelation of the Word of God:
I. Primary Revelation: The Self-Witness of God in History Creation – Covenant – Law & Prophecy – Incarnation (Climax)
II. Secondary Revelation: The Scriptural Witness The Testaments of the Prophets and Apostles
III. Tertiary Revelation: The Church’s Witness Proclamation of Truth of God’s Self-Revelation as Witnessed to in Bible