This unit explores issues in hermeneutics from a philosophical perspective, keeping in mind the engagement of that perspective with the theological in the interpretation of biblical and other texts. Following a survey of traditional hermeneutic models, the unit addresses modern developments, considering Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger, Gadamer and Ricouer, and the contributions of structuralists, poststructuralists and others, while engaging the following questions. What meanings of the term "hermeneutics" link antiquity to modernity? What accounts of truth and meaning emerge from the definitions of hermeneutics that modern philosophy has sequentially offered? Included here are issues of how textual meaning might be authoritatively determined, and whether an adequate "explanation of explanation" is to be had.
Unit code: AP3609P
Unit status: Archived (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3
Unit discipline: Philosophy
Delivery Mode: Online
Proposing College: Pilgrim Theological College
Show when this unit is running1. | Articulate fundamental issues attending textual interpretation. |
2. | Distinguish modern interpretive approaches from traditional methods |
3. | Discuss the particular challenges confronting biblical interpretation |
4. | Identify a range of interpretive approaches to texts |
5. | Critically discuss the relationship between theological stances and interpretive approaches |
Lectures and Tutorials; Online module with guided online discussion fora.
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Essay | Essay (2200 words) |
0 | 40.0 |
Essay | Essay (2200 words) |
0 | 40.0 |
Essay | Essay (2200 words) |
0 | 20.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 1 Nov, 2017
Unit record last updated: 2022-10-04 09:53:43 +1100