WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES HERMENEUTICS MAKE? HERMENEUTICAL THEORY APPLIED/Stanley E. Porter

Stanley E. Porter 斯坦理‧E‧波特

撮要

作者在本文旨在提出一些重要問題,以助讀者在當代聖經詮釋的氛圍下,明白詮釋學的底蘊。問題一:構成今天詮釋學的要素是甚麼?作者透過討論當代詮釋學、聖經詮釋學,和詮釋聖經的理論,來回應這個問題。問題二:在實際解釋聖經上,詮釋學究竟帶來哪些不同地方?作者選取一些聖經詮釋的代表例子,說明詮釋學對解釋聖經上的區別。問題三(也是最後一個問題)﹕對這種詮釋聖經的作業,我們會怎樣評估其意義與可能的指涉?作者嘗試揭示一些關鍵的洞見,來幫助讀者認識在聖經研究上聖經詮釋的本質與框架。

 

ABSTRACT

In this paper, I wish to ask several important questions that will help us tounderstand hermeneutics in the contemporary biblical interpretive environment. Thefirst is the question of what constitutes hermeneutics today? I address that questionby discussing contemporary hermeneutics, biblical hermeneutics, and biblical interpretation theory. The second is the question of what difference does hermeneutics make in terms of actual biblical interpretation? Here I select a number of representative biblical hermeneutical stances and illustrate their interpretive differences. The third and final question is that of how does one go about evaluating such interpretive biblical work for its interpretive significance and possible implications? My attempt will be to uncover some significant insights that will help us to understand the nature and framework of the current hermeneutical endeavor in biblical studies.

原載於《教牧期刊》第27期及《建道學刊》第34期合刊(2010年7月),頁1-50。