tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post1310105846178820166..comments2024-01-09T12:59:32.666+01:00Comments on Narrative and Ontology: The rule-of-truth as guideline for true doctrinePhil Sumpterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-84820501699486525812008-07-24T14:02:00.000+02:002008-07-24T14:02:00.000+02:00Well, anything that makes you want to investigate ...Well, anything that makes you want to investigate Childs a little more is good! <BR/><BR/>As I said, Childs appreciated von Rad and von Rad was a big fan of "tradtion," though what that meant for him is not necessarily what Gadamer meant by the term. I think Gadamer is important so I hope to find time to read him at some point. He's often referred to amongst propenents of theological hermeneutics.Phil Sumpterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-16869526736901426032008-07-24T04:14:00.000+02:002008-07-24T04:14:00.000+02:00Thanks for the response. It seems as if both Chil...Thanks for the response. It seems as if both Childs and Gadamer critique the enlightenment hermeneutical method. Gadamer sees a lot of validity in finding the meaning of scripture through the understanding of tradition. Much of what I have read on your blog about Childs makes me think that he took some direction from Gadamer (maybe indirectly) and developed it more for the Biblical studies. It makes me want to investigate Childs a little closer. I think I would enjoy it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01556869210865254547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-81120464017589007372008-07-23T10:55:00.000+02:002008-07-23T10:55:00.000+02:00I'm not aware of anything off the top of my head. ...I'm not aware of anything off the top of my head. If you look up "Gadamer" in the Index of Authors in Childs' <EM>Biblical Theology</EM> the name comes up twice. First he is cited as having had an influence on von Rad. This belongs in his section on different models of doing biblical theology. Childs was a big fan of von Rad so I guess this is an endorsement. However, his later comment (on p. 206) qualifies the usefulness of Gadamer in constructing a biblical theology. Though he has helpfully critiqued the Enlightenment theory of history, biblical theology cannot rest on a theory of history. To quote: "it is a major concern of this book on Biblical Theology at least to point in a different direction. Biblical Theology offers neither a new philosophy of history nor a fresh theory of language, but rather it suggests that the church's path of theological reflection lies in its understanding of its scripture, its canon, and it christological confession which encompass the mystery of God's ways in the world with his people" (206).<BR/><BR/>What made you think of Gadamer?Phil Sumpterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16491514886782881340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6547653347296107692.post-42181694504464152692008-07-22T16:36:00.000+02:002008-07-22T16:36:00.000+02:00Phil,I was wondering if Childs was influenced by G...Phil,<BR/><BR/>I was wondering if Childs was influenced by Gadamer at all. Have you read anything that pertains to that?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01556869210865254547noreply@blogger.com