RT Article
T1 Psychological type functions and biblical scholarship: an empirical enquiry among members of the Society of Biblical Literature
JF Mental health, religion & culture
VO 18
IS 7
SP 605
OP 621
A1 Village, Andrew
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1838993703
AB Psychological type theory would suggest that the two perceiving functions (sensing and intuition) and the two judging functions (thinking and feeling) shape the way that readers engage with biblical texts. Previous studies of churchgoers have demonstrated associations between psychological function preferences and preferences for interpretation. Building on this work, the current study examines whether biblical scholars engage with texts in ways that are predicted by their psychological function preferences. A sample of 338 members of the Society of Biblical Literature completed an online survey that measured their subject disciplines and methods of study, four psychological functions and four corresponding text-handling styles. Scholars who used "postmodern" methods such as reader response, ideological criticism or cultural studies were more likely to prefer intuition to sensing and feeling to thinking. There were significant correlations between text-handling styles and psychological type preferences, suggesting that psychological function has some influence on how biblical scholars perceive and evaluate texts.
K1 SBL
K1 Biblical Interpretation
K1 Personality
K1 psychological type
K1 Scholarship
DO 10.1080/13674676.2014.961246