Pokorny, Petr <br/><br/>
Hermeneutics as a Theory of Understanding 

 - Michigan  William B.Eerdmans Publishing Co  2011 
 - 208p 
<br/><br/> includes index and biblioraphy 
<br/><br/>1. What Is Hermeneutics?<br/>(Excursus on Theology and Philosophy)<br/>2.  The World of Language<br/>2.1.   Language as an Encoding System<br/>2.1.1.   Vocabulary<br/>(Excursus on Semiology)<br/>(Excursus on Experience)<br/>(Excursus on Phenomenology and Hermeneutics)<br/>2.1.2.   Grammar (Syntax)<br/>(Excursus: Augustine`s Reflections on Memory)<br/>2.2.   The Question of the World of Language (or, From Syntax to Pragmatics)<br/>2.2.1.   From Speech to Language, from Narration to Structure<br/>(Excursus: Structures and the Human World)<br/>2.2.2.  Pragmatics<br/>2.3.   Hermeneutics, Transformational Grammar,and the "Future" of the Text	36<br/>2.4.  Symbol and Metaphor	37<br/>2.4.1.   The Cognitive Function of Metaphor	42<br/>2.4.2. Metaphor and Myth	54<br/>2.4.3. The Double Face of Metaphor	61<br/>(Excursus: Inside Metaphor)	64<br/>3.  Text	67<br/>3.1.   The Graphic Character of the Written Text	67<br/>3.2.   The Silence of the Text	68<br/>3.3.   The Possibility of Misusing the Text	70<br/>3.4.  The Fixed Character of the Text	71<br/>3.5.   The Reduction of Redundancy	73<br/>3.6.  The Successive Surface of the Written Text	74<br/>3.7.   The Text between Tradition and the Future	80<br/>3.7.1.   Tradition as Our Bedrock	81<br/>(Excursus on Intertextuality)	83<br/>3.7.2.   Historical Criticism (i)	85<br/>(Excursus on the Relationship between Author and Text)             88<br/>3.7.3.   The Reader and the Text	88<br/>(Excursus on the Hermeneutic Circle)	90<br/>3.7.4.   Tradition and New Experiences	94<br/>3.7.5.   Tradition and Story	98<br/>(Excursus on the Hermeneutic Quadrilateral)	101<br/>3.8.   The Effect of the Text	103<br/>3.8.1.   Canonization and Biblical Theology	104<br/>3.8.2.  The Aesthetic Impact of the Text	108<br/>3.9.   Genre	116<br/>3.9.1.   The Bible as Inspiration for Modern Literary Scholarship	119<br/>(Excursus on the Style of Commentary)	121<br/>4.  Methods of Interpretation	123<br/>4.1.   The Historical Background of Exegetical Methods and Hermeneutic Theories	124<br/>4.2.   Philology	132<br/>4.2.1.   Translation	133<br/>4.3.   Synchronic Interpretation and Projects Based on It	138<br/>4.3.1.   Rhetorical Criticism	141<br/>4.3.2.  The Synchronic Dimension of the Text in Initial Exegetical Operations	154<br/>4.4.  Historical Methods	157<br/>4.4.1.  Reconstruction of the Text	158<br/>4.4.2. Paraphrase, Remythologization, Pragmatics	161<br/>4.4.3.  Historical Criticism (2)	167<br/>4.4.4. "Cross-Cutting" Methods	171<br/>5. Interpretation	177<br/>5.1.   The Otherness and Attraction of Ancient Texts	177<br/>5.2.   The Meeting of Worlds	178<br/>5.3.   Understanding the Text as Part of Self-Understanding	185<br/>5.4.  Historicity and Revelation	188<br/>5.5.   Revelation and Witness	189<br/>5.5.1.   Revelation	189<br/>5.5.2.   Witness	194<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802827210  1755 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>B45  / P756