The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church /

includes index and biblioraphy

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL H From ¿ Providentissimus Deus ¿ to ¿ Divino afflante Spiritu¿ ............ 9 The Harmony between Catholic Exegesis and the Mystery of the Incarnation ....... 12 The New Document of the Biblical Commission . 17 DOCUMENT OF THE PONTIFICAL BIBLICAL COMMISSION The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church . Preface by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger . The State of the Question Today .... B. The Purpose of this Document .... Methods and Approaches for Interpretation The Historical-Critical Method .... History of the Method ..... Principles ......... Description ......... Evaluation ......... New Methods of Literary Analysis . . . Rhetorical Analysis ......... Narrative Analysis .......... Semiotic Analysis .......... Approaches Based on Tradition ....... The Canonical Approach ........ Approach through Recourse to Jewish Traditions of Interpretation ........... Approach by the History of the Influence of the Text (Wirkungsgeschichte) Approaches that Use the Human Sciences The Sociological Approach ....... The Approach through Cultural Anthropology . Psychological and Psychoanalytical Approaches . Contextual Approaches ......... The Liberationist Approach ....... The Feminist Approach ........ Fundamentalist Interpretation ....... Hermeneutical Questions Philosophical Hermeneutics ........ Modern Perspectives ......... Usefulness for Exegesis ......... The Meaning of Inspired Scripture ...... The Literal Sense .......... The Spiritual Sense .......... The Fuller Sense .......... Characteristics of Catholic Interpretation Interpretation in the Biblical Tradition .... 86 Re-readings (Relectures) ........ 86 Relationships between the Old Testament and the New .............. 88 Some Conclusions .......... 91 Interpretation in the Tradition of the Church . . 92 Formation of the Canon ........ 93 Patristic Exegesis .......... 95 The Roles of Various Members of the Church in Interpretation ........... 97 The Task of the Exegete ......... 101 Principal Guidelines ......... 102 Research ............ 103 Teaching ............. 104 Publications ............ 105 Relationships with Other Theological Disciplines . 107 Theology and Presuppositions regarding Biblical Texts ............. 107 Exegesis and Systematic Theology ..... 108 Exegesis and Moral Theology ...... 109 Differing Points of View and Necessary Interaction 110 Interpretation of the Bible in the Life of the Church Actualization ............. 113 Principles ............. 113 Methods ............. 115 Limits .............. 116 Inculturation Use of the Bible . . . In the Liturgy . . Lectio Divina . . In Pastoral Ministry In Ecumenism . .