A Strategy for Reading Biblical Texts (Studies in Biblical Literature)

A Strategy of Reading Biblical Texts provides a fresh impetus to the ongoing debate of hermeneutics and methods in biblical scholarship by examining three core hermeneutical strategies. These are author-oriented, text-oriented, and reader-oriented approaches. It also critiques the contributions and limitations of each strategy and argues for a hermeneutical strategy that takes into account the micro and macro biblical corpora. Readers are challenged to apply basic hermeneutical protocols when reading biblical texts. A theological reading of the biblical texts is crucial and vital because the Bible is a theological document. This book also addresses some of the pivotal but nagging questions of meaning, authority, and the reader's context.Johnson T. K. Lim is the author of 'A Strategy for Reading Biblical Texts (Studies in Biblical Literature)', published 2002 under ISBN 9780820450285 and ISBN 0820450286.