The New Interpreters

With apologies to the Bible commentary published by Abingdon Press, there is indeed what I would call a New Interpreter hermeneutic to be discovered and “traveled” by the postmodern pilgrim. I belive it has been a “feature” of the Scriptures that has been hirtherto unable to be “captured” by the traditional book.

The Gospel of John’s concluding verse hints at this:

Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.

—John 20:25

This for me is one of the best “hints” in the New Testament that the Word of God is not contained, in a BOOK or in anything (since “the whole world would not have room” for such as that.)

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