The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
6. What Is Biblical Exegesis?
The Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures in Five Minutes - Philippe Guillaume
Pauline A. Viviano [+]
Loyola University Chicago
Pauline A. Viviano is an Associate Professor Emerita of Theology at Loyola University Chicago where she taught for thirty-five years. She holds a Masters in Philosophy and a doctorate in Biblical Languages and Literature from St. Louis University. Besides articles in academic and popular journals, she has written popular commentaries on the Books of Genesis in the Collegeville Bible Commentary series (1984) and more recently on the Books of Jeremiah and Baruch for the New Collegeville Commentary series (2013) and a commentary on the Book of Joshua for the Paulist Press Biblical Commentary (2018).
Description
Exegesis was once understood as the way biblical texts were critically interpreted. Today, meaning results from the complex interaction between the author, the text, and the reader.