Hermeneutics : hearing God's word today / James Hamilton Charlesworth
The world of language. Language as an encoding system
The question of the world of language (or, From syntax to pragmatics)
Hermeneutics, transformational grammar, and the "future" of the text
Text. The graphic character of the written text
The possibility of misusing the text
The fixed character of the text
The reduction of redundancy
The successive surface of the written text
The text between tradition and the future
Methods of interpretation. The historical background of exegetical methods and hermeneutic theories
Synchronic interpretation and projects based on it
Interpretation. The otherness and attraction of ancient texts
Understanding the text as part of self-understanding
Historicity and revelation
