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A fundamental issue for preachers of the Bible has always been achieving an approach that is both faithful to the textual intention as well as fitting for the listening audience. What is historical and distant (the text) is, in preaching, made contemporary and near (praxis). Particularly pertinent is how this transaction may be conducted with respect to the self-contained and well-defined quantum of the scriptural text that is regularly employed in liturgical contexts—the pericope. This book answers the question: In a sermon intending to proclaim application from a pericope, what is the hermeneutical basis for moving validly from text to praxis, i.e., with authority and relevance?
The concept of theology as a bridge between text and praxis has not been specifically researched or rigorously substantiated. Kuruvilla seeks to do both, utilizing as entrées language philosophy, literary criticism, and a thorough understanding of "ordinary" language. Drawing from a variety of hermeneutical resources, he establishes "pericopal theology" as the intermediary between text and praxis. How this theology is discerned from the text and how application may be determined therefrom form the crux of this book. This novel approach lends validity to the movement from text to praxis and promises to be useful for any approach to the biblical text intended to culminate in application. Kuruvilla's approach provides a substantial technical basis for such an operation.
Thus the preacher must be a "theologian-homiletician." It is the working out of this nomenclature, especially the "theologian" half of the appellation, that is the essence of this work, uniting as it does in one portfolio the responsibility of negotiating the demands of both hermeneutics and homiletics.
Contents
Chapter One: Language-Games, Textuality, and Genres
General And Special Hermeneutics
Language-Games
Functions Of Language-Games
Rules Of Language-Games
Textuality
Consequences Of Textuality
The World In Front Of The Text
Genres
Rules Of Genre
Roles Of Genre
Secondary Genre: The Canonical "Classic"
Chapter Two: Primary Genre
Types Of Primary Genre
The Problem Of Classi?cation
Author And Reader In The Classi?Cation Of Primary Genres
Polygeneric And Transgeneric Scriptures
Rules Of Primary Genre
Rules Of Genre: Narrative
Rules Of Genre: Prophecy
Rules Of Genre: Law
Rules Of Genre: Hymnody
Chapter Three: Secondary Genre—The Canon
Rules Of Secondary Genre
Rules Of Structure
Rules Of Function
Rules Of Content
Role Of The Rules Of Secondary Genre
Chapter Four: Pericopal Theology And Application
Pericopes
The Liturgical Use Of Scripture
Theological Function Of Pericopes
Theology Of Pericopes
Concrete Universals, Projected World, And Theology
Pericopal Theology As Intermediary
Text To Theology: 2 Samuel 11:1-27
Application
Pericopal Theology To Exempli?cation
Generating Exempli?cations
Conclusion: Summary And Prospects
