Is there a meaning in this text?1998
the Bible, the reader, and the morality of literary knowledge
by Kevin J. Vanhoozer
Is there a meaning in the Bible, or is meaning rather a matter of who is reading or of how one reads? Does Christian doctrine have anything to contribute to debates about interpretation, literary theory, and postmodernity? These are questions of crucial importance for contemporary biblical studies and theology alike. Kevin Vanhoozer contends that the postmodern crisis in hermeneutics - "incredulity towards meaning," a deep-set skepticism concerning the possibility of correct interpretation is fundamentally a crisis in theology provoked by an inadequate view of God and by the announcement of God's "death." -- Jacket
Is There a Meaning in This Text? is a comprehensive and creative analysis of debates over biblical hermeneutics that draws on interdisciplinary resources, all coordinated by...