By Alexander S. Jensen

This ebook defends the claims of historical-critical study into the hot testomony as worthwhile for theological interpretation. providing an interdisciplinary learn concerning the nature of theological language, this e-book considers the trendy debate in theological hermeneutics starting with the Barth-Bultmann debate and relocating in the direction of a thought of language which brings jointly historical-critical and theological interpretation. those insights are then utilized to the exegesis of theologically major texts of the Gospel of John within the gentle of the hermeneutical dialogue. Drawing jointly the German and Anglo-American hermeneutical traditions, and discussing matters concerning postmodern hermeneutical theories, this publication develops a view of the recent testomony because the mirrored image of a fight for language within which the early Church labored to result in a language wherein the recent religion might be understood.

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