Ecomimetic Interpretation: Ascertainment, Identification, and Dialogue in Matthew 6:25–34
Biblical scholars often disregard ecological hermeneutics too readily as a special interest approach that is incapable of contributing to wider interpretive and theological conversations. This essay offers a new approach, ecomimetic interpretation, as a reading strategy that can bridge the gap betwe...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Biblical interpretation
Year: 2021, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 67-89 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Matthäusevangelium 6,25-34
/ Bergpredigt
/ Ecology
/ Hermeneutics
/ Ecological theology
/ Environmental ethics (motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Biomimicry
B sparrows B Ecological Hermeneutics B Sermon on the Mount B Birds B ecomimetic interpretation |
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| Summary: | Biblical scholars often disregard ecological hermeneutics too readily as a special interest approach that is incapable of contributing to wider interpretive and theological conversations. This essay offers a new approach, ecomimetic interpretation, as a reading strategy that can bridge the gap between ecological hermeneutics and other forms of hermeneutical inquiry. Ecomimetic interpretation requires the interpreter to identify with non-human characters in a given text and allow that identification to contribute to the questions and findings that other approaches raise. In doing so, it contributes to such disparate fields as historical critical studies, theology, ethics, and ecological hermeneutics. This essay first develops the method of ecomimetic interpretation, illustrating each step with a brief reading of Matt. 6:25–34, and then surveys the contributions that this reading strategy can make to a variety of disciplines. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5152 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685152-00284P07 |