A MYSTICAL READING OF PAUL
Scriptura June 12, 2013 DOI: 10.7833/101-0-636 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Citations | 3 |
| Key points | Argues that biblical hermeneutics has shifted from a mechanistic to a holistic paradigm, with constructive or ecological postmodernism revaluing the aesthetic, mythological, and mystical, and proposes that a mystical reading of Paul, particularly of his understanding of "in Christ," demonstrates the value of this new yet ancient interpretive approach. |
Abstract
The methodological diversity in biblical hermeneutics that has taken place during the last few decades has effected a shift of such magnitude, that scholars are still catching their breath. New methods of interpreting scripture continue to come to the fore. There is a major move from a mechanistic to a holistic paradigm, from within which scripture emerges as life-giving and transformative. Constructive or ecological postmodernism contributes to the revalorization of the aesthetic, the mythological and the mystical. A mystical reading of Paul, with particular reference to his understanding of the term in Christ elucidates the value of this new, yet ancient heuristic tool.