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‘I will open my mouth in parables’ (Matt 13.35): A Case for a Gospel-Based Biblical Hermeneutics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2000

TERESA OKURE, SHCJ
TERESA OKURE, SHCJ
Affiliation:
Catholic Institute of West Africa, PO Box 499, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
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Abstract

The study participates in the ongoing discussion of the relationship between hermeneutics and exegesis. A review of the main aspects of the discussion, the meanings of both terms, and key influences in modern biblical criticism reveals that hermeneutics is an operating fundamental in both ‘exegesis’ and ‘hermeneutics’. The study consequently proposes ‘exegetical hermeneutics’ as an integrative methodology which would place exegesis at the service of hermeneutics. Jesus’ use of parables models the salient aspects of the proposed ‘exegetical hermeneutics’. A concluding section highlights the implications of the proposed approach for NT scholarship.

Type
Research Article
Information
New Testament Studies , Volume 46 , Issue 3 , July 2000 , pp. 445 - 463
Copyright
© 2000 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Main Paper delivered at the SNTS meeting in Pretoria in 1999.