Abstract
In this contribution, the mystagogic engagement with Bible texts is considered. Good and bad reasons for drawing on the Bible are considered, both within personal and cultural frameworks. Different exegetical procedures are taken into review to inform a discussion of particularly the mystagogic engagement with the text. The latter is characterised by seeking faith from the biblical texts. For theological reasons, historical exegesis is proposed as particularly suited to mystagogic facilitation. Contribution: There are good and bad reasons for drawing on the Bible, within personal and cultural frameworks. Different exegetical procedures inform a discussion of mystagogic engagement with the text, seeking faith from the biblical texts. Historical exegesis is proposed as particularly suited to mystagogic facilitation.
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Contribution: There are good and bad reasons for drawing on the Bible, within personal and cultural frameworks
Different exegetical procedures inform a discussion of mystagogic engagement with the text, seeking faith from the biblical texts
Historical exegesis is proposed as suited to mystagogic facilitation
Summary
Contribution: There are good and bad reasons for drawing on the Bible, within personal and cultural frameworks. To condense voluminous scholarship, this time on exegetical history, practice, theory and theology, in what follows four broad approaches to exegesis are described, phenomenologically and ideal-typically (in the Weberian sense): historical-critical methods, text-immanent approaches, genitive-theological readings and mystagogic engagements.
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