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- Title
DO THE SPEAKERS IN ACTS USE DIFFERENT HERMENEUTICS FOR DIFFERENT OLD TESTAMENT GENRES?.
- Authors
JUDD, ANDREW
- Abstract
Quotations of Old Testament texts in Acts have been explained in myriad ways-as everything from midrash, to rhetoric, to opportunistic proof-texting. This variety of explanations presents a confusing and unprincipled picture of apostolic hermeneutics. But is there a principle behind this diversity? Drawing on modern genre theory's observation that genres create distinct hermeneutical roles for the reader, this article tests the hypothesis that the hermeneutical structures employed by the apostles to interpret and apply the Old Testament vary depending on the genre of the source material. It concludes that if the genre of the source text is a psalm, then the text will usually be interpreted typologically to make a Christological point.
- Subjects
CHRISTIAN biblical hermeneutics; JEWISH Biblical criticism; RABBINICAL literature; MIDRASH; APOSTLES
- Publication
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 2021, Vol 64, Issue 1, p109
- ISSN
0360-8808
- Publication type
Article