Theological imagination as hermeneutical device : exploring the hermeneutical contribution of an imaginal engagement with the text

dc.contributor.authorViljoen, Anneke
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-01T07:53:39Z
dc.date.available2016-08-01T07:53:39Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-08
dc.description.abstractIn the past, biblical scholarship has neglected the hermeneutical contribution that an imaginal engagement with the text may make. The author’s aim in this article was to develop theological imagination as a hermeneutical device. This was done by briefly considering the concurrence in the hermeneutic contributions of three interpreters of biblical texts, with specific regard to their understanding of biblical imagination. These were Walter Brueggemann, Paul Ricoeur and Ignatius of Loyola. Their hermeneutical contributions concur in their understanding of a biblically informed imagination, and it is specifically this aspect of the concurrence of their thought that was explored. An illustration from Proverbs 14:27, which draws on the metaphor and biblical motif of the fountain or source of life, was put forward to demonstrate how the concurrence in the contributions of these biblical interpreters may influence an imaginal engagement with the text.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentOld Testament Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2016en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.hts.org.za/en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationViljoen A., 2016, ‘Theological imagination as hermeneutical device: Exploring the hermeneutical contribution of an imaginal engagement with the text’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 72(4), a3172. http://dx.DOI. org/ 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3172.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0259-9422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2072-8050 (print)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/hts.v72i4.3172
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/56150
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherOpenJournals Publishingen_ZA
dc.rights© 2016. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectBiblical scholarshipen_ZA
dc.subjectHermeneutical contributionen_ZA
dc.subjectBiblical imaginationen_ZA
dc.subjectProverbs 14:27en_ZA
dc.subjectTheological imagination
dc.subjectImaginal engagement
dc.subjectTheological methodology
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dc.titleTheological imagination as hermeneutical device : exploring the hermeneutical contribution of an imaginal engagement with the texten_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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