SCM Core Text: Theological Hermeneutics

by Alexander S. Jensen

This book introduces theological hermeneutics by giving a historical account of the development of hermeneutical thinking. It defines hermeneutics as the analysis of the obstacles to understanding. The history of hermeneutical thinking and responses to obstacles is told here, beginning with the allegorical interpretation of myths in Hellenism through to the contemporary view of the hermeneutical problem as universal. Following the opening chapters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0334029015
• ISBN13: 9780334029014
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: SCM Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"