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By Alexander S. Jensen

This publication defends the claims of historical-critical learn into the recent testomony as helpful for theological interpretation. featuring an interdisciplinary research in regards to the nature of theological language, this booklet considers the trendy debate in theological hermeneutics starting with the Barth-Bultmann debate and relocating in the direction of a thought of language which brings jointly historical-critical and theological interpretation. those insights are then utilized to the exegesis of theologically major texts of the Gospel of John within the gentle of the hermeneutical dialogue. Drawing jointly the German and Anglo-American hermeneutical traditions, and discussing concerns concerning postmodern hermeneutical theories, this publication develops a view of the hot testomony because the mirrored image of a fight for language during which the early Church labored to result in a language during which the hot religion may be understood.

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