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World within the Text – the text itself; what is in the text
2. World behind the Text – objective history; the world that gave rise to the text
3. World in front of the Text – world of the reader; our world as readers today

Behind the Text

Author, Community, Audience, Social Atmosphere during that time

Within the Text

Form, Setting, Characters, Dialogues

In Front of the Text

Interpretation guided by the Church’s teachings

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