Abstract:
Eben Scheffler’s understanding of Luke 24:13–33 enabled us to understand the exegesis of the Old
Testament of the past two millennia as a play with words, expressions and interpretations.
According to Luke, the suffering of the community can be alleviated when the Old Testament is
studied because they would once again experience the presence of Christ and would be filled with
joy. This is exactly what happened since the early church up to now. The Old Testament has been
read and preached and God’s presence experienced, but it is important to note that up to now no
fixed method has been designed or a final message has been formulated. This can be ascribed to
our finiteness, and therefore it is suggested that we must rather speak of exegesis as a play (as
formulated by Hans-Georg Gadamer) instead of depicting it as a scientific method comprising
definite steps which must be applied in a strict way to identify and describe eternal truths.
Description:
This research is part of the
research projects of Prof.
Dr Jurie le Roux, Emeritus
professor of the Department
of Old Testament Studies and
Hebrew Scriptures, Faculty of
Theology and Religion,
