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TY - JOUR
T1 - Wirkungsgeschichte, Reception History, Reception Theory
AU - Knight, Mark James
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - In an attempt to introduce Wirkungsgeschichte, reception history and reception theory, this article begins by considering the different histories each term carries. Although each term signals something slightly different, their collective effect is to raise questions about the historical-critical method that continues to dominate New Testament studies. The main focus of the article is Gadamer’s idea of Wirkungsgeschichte, a term that has, for good reason, been read in various ways by New Testament scholars. Acknowledging that different readings of the term exist, I turn to Gadamer’s broader thesis in Truth and Method and suggest that the purpose of Wirkungsgeschichte is to enable an interpretative conversation rather than to define a new scientific methodology.
AB - In an attempt to introduce Wirkungsgeschichte, reception history and reception theory, this article begins by considering the different histories each term carries. Although each term signals something slightly different, their collective effect is to raise questions about the historical-critical method that continues to dominate New Testament studies. The main focus of the article is Gadamer’s idea of Wirkungsgeschichte, a term that has, for good reason, been read in various ways by New Testament scholars. Acknowledging that different readings of the term exist, I turn to Gadamer’s broader thesis in Truth and Method and suggest that the purpose of Wirkungsgeschichte is to enable an interpretative conversation rather than to define a new scientific methodology.
KW - Gadamer
KW - hermeneutics
KW - Jauss
KW - reception history
KW - reception theory
KW - Wirkungsgeschichte
U2 - 10.1177/0142064X10385858
DO - 10.1177/0142064X10385858
M3 - Journal article
VL - 33
SP - 137
EP - 146
JO - Journal for the Study of the New Testament
JF - Journal for the Study of the New Testament
IS - 2
ER -