Abstract
Social-scientific critical exegesis of New Testament texts – an ongoing debate without end
 
 The aim of this article is to describe the multifarious facets of social-scientific critical exegesis. It consists of a discussion of the theoretical epistemological premises behind anthropological models employed in the exegesis of Biblical tests. The article focuses in the second instance on work published by members of the Context Group. It subsequently discusses the socio-rhetorical approach and ideology criticism. The article concludes with the contribution made by hermeneutics of suspicion and cultural criticism. The article forms the third in a series of three that aims to introduce social-scientific critical exegesis of New Testament texts. The first article was of an introductory nature, the second explains some models and methods and the third discusses the critique against the approach as if it reflects positivism and concludes with an emphasis on cultural criticism as a hermeneutical challenge.
Highlights
The aim of this article is to describe the multifarious facets of socialscientific critical exegesis
Baie diverse paaie is oop vir toekomstige ondersoek
In sosiaalwetenskaplike studies verwys ’n ontleding vanuit ’n emiese perspektief na die beskrywing van die sosiale data volgens die interne kodes wat in ongeskrewe sosiale “scripts” of in literêre tekste geënkodeer is
Summary
In die tweede artikel in hierdie reeks van drie oor die sosiaal-wetenskaplike kritiese eksegese van Nuwe-Testamentiese tekste Dikwels is dit juis teoloë wat met ’n historiese bewussyn eksegese beoefen, wat ’n besinning oor hulle teoretiese vooronderstellings vermy en nie daarvan hou om te erken dat hulle insigte vanuit die sosiologie en antropologie gebruik nie (vgl Horrell 1999:17). By die Social Scientific Criticism Section van die Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting in Philadelphia (PA) op Sondag 20 November 2005 het David G Horrell (van die Universiteit van Exeter in die Verenigde Koninkryk) sy mening gelug oor toekomstige ontwikkelings rakende die sosiaal-wetenskaplike kritiese eksegese van Nuwe-Testamentiese tekste In ’n vorige oorsigstudie het Horrell (1999:19-26) vyf fokusareas in die huidige debat onderskei wat hy ook as vooruitsigte vir toekomstige ontwikkeling sien. Aangesien sy twee oorsigte ietwat oorvleuel, word slegs vier van hulle in hierdie artikel bespreek
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