Against the background of the fact that speakers not seldom intend to convey imports which deviate from the linguistically expressed meanings of linguistic items, the present article addresses some ...

Aquinas has a remarkable discussion of biblical hermeneutics. Actually, it may only be “remarkable” for us, that is, we moderns who prize the historico-critical approach to Sacred Scripture and thus ...

Exegesis is a term often reserved for the meticulous study of religious or philosophical texts, involving a deep exploration of language, context, and layered meanings. In its traditional sense, ...

A Protestant considers a Catholic theologian’s call for an “ecclesial” reading of Scripture. On November 10, 1942, following a British victory in Egypt during World War II, Winston Churchill famously ...

Pastor and artist Joseph Novak talks text and symbol. For millennia, biblical literature has shaped imagination and culture. "The Minimum Bible," a project from pastor and artist Joseph Novak ...

Thanks to the pathbreaking work of Beryl Smalley, more than a half century ago, today we recognize the central place of the so-called School of Saint Victor in the history of biblical exegesis. By the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract According to an opinion widely held among scholars, Rashi adopted the essential attitude of the midrash towards biblical style, according to ...

JUST as there is a growing global demand for enlightening modern commentaries of the Quran, there is a persisting dearth of exegetical scholarship, even as the overall body of literature on Islam ...

Whether to publish a writer’s unfinished work is a question literary estates and heirs face, not always honorably. Scraps and drafts by authors including Dr. Seuss, Robert Heinlein, Tolkien, Hemingway ...