History of Interpretation

Introduction
z We not the first
 Jewish Interpretation
z Rabbinic Judaism
z Halakah– rule to go by
z Haggadah – a telling
z Depends heavily upon rabbinic interpretive tradition.
z Literally

z Hellenistic Judaism
z Influence of platonic philosophy
z Qumran Community
z Branch of Judaism – Essenes
Apostolic Period (ca AD 30-100)
Jesus’ literal fulfillment of OT prophecy
z Typological – to find represented on OT
z Literal-contextual – normal meaning
z Principle / application – not literally

Compares with and depart from

contemporary Jewish Interpretation
methods
Patristic Period (ca AD 100-590)
z Apostolic Fathers (ca AD 100-150)
z Instruct believers in Christian doctrine
z Defend faith against Jewish argument
z Typology
z Allegory
z Alexandria Vs Antioch (ca AD 150-400)
z Philo of Alexandria – allegory – NeoPlatonism
z Philo of Antioch – theoria – insight – historical
z Church Councils (ca AD 400-590)
z Greater authority to the church
 Middle Ages (ca AD 590-1500)
z Traditional Interpretation
z Interpretive gloss
z Literal/ historical
z Allegorical / doctrinal
z Moral / tropological
z Anagogical / eschatological
Reformation (ca AD 1500-1650)
z Sola Scriptura – many effect
z Rejection to the allegory
Post Reformation (ca AD 1650-1800)
z Pietism
z Rasionalism
Modern Period (ca AD 1800-present)
z Nineteenth Century
z Historical-critical methods
z Source criticism
z Twentieth Century
z Form criticism
z Post War I
z Neo-orthodoxy
z Post War II
z Redaction
criticism
z New hermeneutic