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Zimmermann, Jens, 1965-

Recovering theological hermeneutics : an incarnational-trinitarian theory of interpretation / Jens Zimmermann. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2004. - 345 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-332) and indexes.

PART 1. Communion with God: 1. Introduction -- 2. In the beginning was the Word : the incarnational hermeneutics of Martin Luther (1483-1546) -- 3. Puritan and pietist hermeneutics -- PART 2. The silencing of the Word: 4. The secularization of theological hermeneutics -- 5. Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics -- 6. The ethical hermeneutics of Emmanuel Levinas -- 7. Hermeneutics and self-knowledge : the challenge of radical hermeneutics -- PART 3. Recovering theological hermeneutics : an incarnational-trinitarian approach: 8. Incarnational subjectivity -- 9. Self-knowledge and the incarnation -- 10. Incarnation and aesthetics -- Conclusion.

ISBN: 9780801027277 (hbk.) 0801027276 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2004016942

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophical theology
Hermeneutics--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Hermeneutics--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.
Theology--Methodology.

LC Class. No.: BT55 / .Z56 2004

Dewey Class. No.: 230/.01