Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of the author's process of becoming acquainted with the work of Eep Talstra. Talstra as theologian presents his biblical exegesis in such a way that he stands between the former and the present-day readers of the texts, as a responsible facilitator of the hermeneutical dynamic that we call the 'Word of God'. Pivotal to Talstra's hermeneutic approach is his understanding of the concepts 'reading' and 'tradition'. The chapter concentrates on these two concepts in Talstra's work. The value of Talstra's exegetical approach relates to his articulating the reciprocity between the two. By applying Talstra's exegetical approach to a specific corpus in the Hebrew Bible, namely, the Books of Chronicles, the chapter shows that an approach that relates 'reading' and 'tradition' reciprocally is of tremendous value in highlighting the character of this type of late Persian period literature as 'reforming history'. Keywords: biblical exegesis; Eep Talstra; exegetical approach; Hebrew Bible; Tradition: Reflections
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