JESUS' LANGUAGE-GAMES: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NOTION OF LANGUAGE-GAME FOR A REFORMULATION OF ‘NEW TESTAMENT BIBLICAL THEOLOGY’1
Despite the exciting consequences of the later Wittgenstein's notion of language-game for theology in general, one discipline centered on language – exegesis and biblical theology – has remained largely unaffected by this advance. I here show that describing biblical language as a language-game...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2009
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2009, Volume: 50, Issue: 3, Pages: 392-401 |
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| Summary: | Despite the exciting consequences of the later Wittgenstein's notion of language-game for theology in general, one discipline centered on language – exegesis and biblical theology – has remained largely unaffected by this advance. I here show that describing biblical language as a language-game not only enhances our understanding of biblical texts; it also explodes a long-term impasse separating the interpretation from the ‘actualization’ of sacred texts. Insights taken from the notion of a language-game may, as with form of life and grammar, emerge as central building blocks for reformulating the postulates of biblical theology. 2 |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2265.2009.00483.x |