Leithart, Peter J.

Deep Exegesis : The Mystery of Reading Scripture / [Text] Peter J. Leithart. - Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, c2009. - viii, 254 p. : Pb music ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-241) and indexes.

Preface: Learning to read from Jesus and Paul -- The text is a husk : modern hermeneutics -- Texts are events : typology -- Words are players : semantics -- The text is a joke : intertextuality -- Texts are music : structure -- Texts are about Christ : application.

Seeking to train readers to 'hear all that is being said' within a written text, Peter Leithart advocates a hermeneutics of the letter that is not rigidly literalist and looks to learn to read--not just the Bible, but everything--from Jesus and Paul. Deep Exegesis explores the nature of reading itself--taking clues from Jesus and Paul on the meaning of meaning, the functions of language, and proper modes of interpretation. By looking (and listening) closely, and by including passages from the Bible and other literary sources, Leithart aims to do for the text what Jesus did for the blind man in John 9: to make new by opening eyes. --From publisher's description.

9781602580695 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1602580693 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2009010380

GBA987604 bnb


Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible--Hermeneutics.


Biblical Criticism and Interpretation
Hermeneutics - Biblical Text
Biblical Exegesis

BS511.3 / .L45 2009

220.6 / L533D