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Questions of interpretation--whose interpretation, which interpretation, what interpretation--are at the forefront of discussions about truth and certainty in our postmodern milieu. In this milieu, it is suggested that the modern assumptions of objective and definitive truth are false. We are left with suspicion as to whether or not we can access the truth. Issues of interpretation, of course, are not simply matters of intellectual speculation. Rather, most of us, at one time or the other, have been personally involved in discussions about the interpretation of the Bible. What does this passage mean? What are its implications? How does it make sense in the world today? And how can there be so many different interpretations for the same passage?
Questions of interpretation notwithstanding, Christianity claims to know and to represent the truth. We claim that the truth is contained in Scripture. But we are less clear in the murky world of interpretation about how that truth is presented and how it transcends culture and language. St. Augustine, writing in the fourth century, asked similar questions about the opening words of Genesis...
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ReplyDeleteQuestions of interpretation--whose interpretation, which interpretation, what interpretation--are at the forefront of discussions about truth and certainty in our postmodern milieu. In this milieu, it is suggested that the modern assumptions of objective and definitive truth are false. We are left with suspicion as to whether or not we can access the truth.
Issues of interpretation, of course, are not simply matters of intellectual speculation. Rather, most of us, at one time or the other, have been personally involved in discussions about the interpretation of the Bible. What does this passage mean? What are its implications? How does it make sense in the world today? And how can there be so many different interpretations for the same passage?
Questions of interpretation notwithstanding, Christianity claims to know and to represent the truth. We claim that the truth is contained in Scripture. But we are less clear in the murky world of interpretation about
how that truth is presented and how it transcends culture and language. St. Augustine, writing in the fourth century, asked similar questions about the opening words of Genesis...
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