The Fall of Interpretation: Philosophical Foundations for a Creational Hermeneutic
Pages
256
Publisher
Baker Academic
Published
4/1/2012
ISBN-13
9780801039720
In this provocative book James K. A. Smith, one of the most engaging Christian scholars of our day, offers an innovative approach to hermeneutics. The second edition of Smith's well-received debut book provides updated interaction with contemporary hermeneutical discussions and responds to criticisms.
- Contents
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the First Edition
- Reconsiderations: An Introduction to the Second Edition
- Introduction: Interpretation and the Fall
- Part 1: The Fallenness of Hermeneutics
- 1. Paradise Regained
- 2. Through a Mirror Darkly
- Part 2: A Hermeneutics of Fallenness
- 3. Falling into the Garden
- 4. Edenic Violence
- Part 3: Toward a Creational Hermeneutic
- 5. Interpreting the Fall
- 6. Interpretation in Eden
- 7. Limited Incarnation: From Creation to Ecclesia
- Index