Vásquez Contours of a Biblical Reception Theory

Studies in the Rezeptionsgeschichte of Romans 13.1-7
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-3-86234-895-4
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E-Book, Deutsch, Englisch, 255 Seiten

Readers, texts, horizons and history: the unfinished task of understanding our world and ourselves. Life is a journey and certainly understanding what we read is an exciting one! But what happens when we read? To be sure, reading is more than just getting information. We come to see the world anew and ourselves from a different angle whenever we read a text. Texts also bring about different possibilities of being-in-the-world. In that sense, reading is an authentic learning experience. The Epistle to the Romans has played an important role in shaping the Christian faith. Particularly, Paul's instruction on civil matters has been instrumental in the development of a Christian political thought. Shifting political matters demand from the Church relevant answers. The readers of Romans 13 are left with the unfinished task of affirming and transforming the sphere of civil power in the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. However, this task can only be undertaken when we appropriate the lessons from the past keeping an eye to the future.

Dr. Víctor Manuel Morales Vásquez was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Liverpool, UK, in 2008.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vásquez, Víctor Manuel Morales

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page;3
2;Copyright;4
3;Table of Contents
;7
4;Body;11
5;Preface;11
6;Chapter 1: The re-historicisation of understanding and reading;17
6.1;Introduction;17
6.2;1.1 The re-historicisation of understanding and Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics;17
6.3;1.2 The re-historicisation of understanding and Rezeptionsästhetik (aesthetics of reception);26
6.3.1;1.2.1 Jauss' apologiae;27
6.3.2;1.2.2 The nature of reception;34
6.3.3;1.2.3 Erwartungshorizont and Horizontabhebung;35
6.3.4;1.2.4 The dialectics of question and answer in the absence of a specific telos;36
6.3.5;1.2.5 The seven theses of Jauss' Rezeptionsästhetik as a methodological embodiment of Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics;37
6.4;Conclusion;39
7;Chapter 2: An account of the use of reception theory in contemporary biblical studies;41
7.1;Introduction;41
7.2;2.1 The use of reception theory in Childs' introduction to the New Testament;41
7.3;2.2 The use of reception theory in Luz's commentary on Matthew;46
7.4;2.3 The use of reception theory in Thiselton's commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians;51
7.5;2.4 The use of reception theory in Mayordomo-Marín's commentary on Matthew's chapters 1 and 2;55
7.6;Conclusion;62
8;Chapter 3: Contours of a Biblical Reception Theory (BRT): Biblical Reception Theory as a rehistoricisation of biblical exegesis;65
8.1;Introduction;65
8.2;3.1 Definition of a Biblical Reception Theory (BRT);66
8.3;3.2 Exegesis in the light of Rezeptionsgeschichte;70
8.4;3.3 Hypothetical early reception (HER), encyclopaedic competence, and discourse production and genres;73
8.5;3.4 Parameters for criteria for BRT studies;76
8.6;Conclusion;80
9;Chapter 4: The contemporary academic Rezeptionsgeschichte of Romans 13.1–7;83
9.1;4.1 Introductory observations on the reception of Romans 13.1–7;83
9.2;4.2 Exegetical and theological commentaries and essays;85
9.3;Conclusion;108
10;Chapter 5: The Hypothetical Early Reception of Romans 13.1–7;109
10.1;Introduction;109
10.2;5.1 The Erwartungshorizont of the early readers-listeners of Rom. 13.1–7: The social life-world of the churches in Rome in the 1st century;111
10.2.1;5.1.1 Hypothetical reconstructions of the identity of the early readers of Rom. 13.1–7;111
10.2.2;5.1.2 The Roman house churches;119
10.3;5.2 The Erwartungshorizont and encyclopaeadic competence of the early readers-listeners of Rom. 13.1–7;120
10.3.1;5.2.1 Graeco-Roman literary conventions;120
10.3.2;5.2.2 Interpolation hypotheses and Fremdkörper hypotheses;133
10.3.3;5.2.3 1 Peter 2.13–17 as a plausible first instance of reception within the New Testament canon;136
10.3.4;5.2.4 The socio-political horizon of the early readers of Rom. 13.1–7;139
10.3.4.1;5.2.4.1 Hellenistic-Jewish and Graeco-Roman political traditions;139
10.3.5;5.2.5 Three key terms of Rom. 13.1–7 in the light of the encyclopaedic competence of its early readers;146
10.4;Conclusion;157
11;Chapter 6: The Rezeptionsgeschichte of Romans 13.1–7 in the first, second and third centuries;159
11.1;Introduction;159
11.2;6.1 Clement of Rome (late 1st century, early 2nd century) and 1 Clement (First Epistle to the Corinthians);159
11.3;6.2 Martyrdom of Polycarp (ca. 156 AD);164
11.4;6.3 Christian Gnosticism and the Rezeptionsgeschichte of Paul's epistles;166
11.5;6.4 Irenaeus (late 2nd century);170
11.6;6.5 Origen (ca.185–254 AD);174
11.7;Conclusion;181
12;Chapter 7: The Rezeptionsgeschichte of Romans 13.1–7 in the fourth and thirteenth centuries;183
12.1;Introduction;183
12.2;7.1 John Chrysostom (349–407 AD);184
12.3;7.2 Ambrosiaster (ca. 370 AD);197
12.4;7.3 Thomas Aquinas (1224–1274);211
12.5;Conclusion;224
13;Final Conclusion;227
14;Bibliography;235

Über Autor(innen)

Vásquez, Víctor Manuel Morales
Dr. Víctor Manuel Morales Vásquez was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the University of Liverpool, UK, in 2008.