HISTORICAL CRITICAL METHOD OF BIBLICAL EXEGESIS = Historical: story bend ancient texts Diaclronie) © Critical: according to scientific, objective criteria = Analytical: sarc for origina! mean nveed inv lumar discourse (Syuclironie) ‘Objective: the LITERAL SENSE, HISTORICAL CRITICAL METHOD OF BIBLICAL EXEGESIS Introductory Criticism [Eistleitung] authorship, composition, provenance, background daa, et. Textual Criticism, “original text” Mr oldest and best manuscripts Philatagical Criticism, morphology, syutas, grammar, semantics, textual meaning HISTORICAL CRITICAL METHOD OF BIBLICAL EXEGESIS Form {Genre} Criticism [Formgeschichte] = tojidentify literary genres, social milieu, particular features, history of development “Form”: 2 “Gattung”: specific description of form 2 “Sitz im Leben”; setting-in-life, context from which the Form arose rameters of text HISTORICAL CRITICAL METHOD OF BIBLICAL EXEGESIS Source Criticism “literary criticism” yzes texts in search of underlying written documents ources” of the present text combined and courposed Evidencing Composition: inconsistencies, doublets, repetitions, shylistic differences Breaking up text: “beyiuning and en of textual units, internal coherence” [Re]Constructing sources: categories of resemblance sind description, motif, tendencies 4 Dating sources: absolute ani relative [biblical] chronologyHISTORICAL CRITICAL METHOD OF BIBLICAL EXEGESIS Tradition History Criticism + “sitmates texts in stream of triton and describes its development in histor stn of peeextnal units and forms, transmission and rn oars text a 1 Begii 2. Pre-history of text: traces of difference, prior liteqretatons embelisnnent,eulleationsctologis focalizations, prescontexts ete , Hypothesis: syatiesis, description of growth rom eg taftanl oon Morton Si HISTORICAL CRITICAL METHOD OF BIBLICAL EXEGIOIC Redactio: criticism [Redaktionseeschichte] eatons of text before fatten + Unk aoa ty bapa af eating 2 Interpretative Additions { Explieit Insertions: atonal metro aegeted + Change Orginal Source Materia ase HISTORICAL CRITICAL METHOD OF BIBLICAL EXEGESIS Fonction Pragmatique "To consider dears of text from potut of view of action and life? = Exegesis plus: interpretation in ith = Hermeneutics: application in life