The Ethics of Interpreting the Bible: Next Topic

October 27, 2003

Next Topic

Okay, we fell into a lull for a week or two — I blame myself, as famous theologian Georg Festrunk said — but let’s move on to Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza’s Presidential Address to the Society of Biblical Literature, &ldqu;;The Ethics of Biblical Interpretation.” (I note that the SBL has removed this from their website; the link I gave earlier will no longer work. If you need a copy of the PDF file, just let me know.) Trevor will post some beginning observations, and take lead on the discussion of this essay.

By way of summary, Childs usefully got us talking about the context of biblical interpretation: does it matter, for instance, who gets to determine the extent of the canon? He likewise elicited questions about the criteria by which one assesses interpretations. How well does interpretation X accord with a doctrinal definition of &ldqu;;inspiration”? What happens if a bare historical evaluation comports badly with the ways that faith has read a particular passage? (And whose faith affects the answers? Who occupies the judgment seat?)

Keeping these questions at the center of our deliberations, let’ press on to talk about the contexts, criteria, and determinations that bear on our interpretations —and how we bear the obligation to interpret ethically.

Posted by AKMA at October 27, 2003 03:02 PM

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