Open AccessHans-Georg Gadamer en die Ou Testament
Author(s) -
Jurie le Roux
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
verbum et ecclesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2074-7705
pISSN - 1609-9982
DOI - 10.4102/ve.v23i2.1204
Subject(s) - hermeneutics , scholarship , philosophy , old testament , new testament , theology , george (robot) , value (mathematics) , epistemology , sociology , art history , history , law , political science , computer science , machine learning
Hans-George Gadamer and the Old Testament Some aspects of Gadamers hermeneutics are discussed below: his view on method, the finiteness of being human, the value of prejudices and so forth. With Gadamers help we are also able to think anew about our South African Old Testament tradition. He has perspectives and concepts which can help us to reword the basic questions of Old Testament scholarship. Of course, Gadamer is but one possibility, but he was one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. Whoever struggles with him also gains insight into the hermeneutical perspectives of the twentieth century