Theo-Semiotics and Augustine's Hermeneutical Jew

Or, What's a Little Supersessionism Between Friends?

The reasoning that guides Augustine in his witness doctrine is a type of scriptural pragmatism that seeks to replicate what he understands about God's incarnational and trinitarian logic. In 'De doc. chr.' this scriptural logic is also operative in his construction of the 'hermeneutical Jew' (as a s...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Author:C.C. Pecknold
Published: S.n., s.l., 2008
Pages:97-112
Notes:Aussi: Augustinian Studies 37/1 (2006), 27-42.
Format:Essay
Topic:- Biography > Relations and Sources > Judaism > Judaism-Jews > Jews > Augustine and the Jews
- Works > Sermones > [Sermons (Temps liturgiques, Fêtes, Titres, ...)] > Sermones adversus Judaeos
- Doctrine > From man to God > Divine revelation > Exegesis > Hermeneutics
- Doctrine > From man to God > Divine revelation > Exegesis > [Exégèse des textes du Nouveau Testament] > John > Jn 1 > Jn 1,14
Parent Work: Augustine and world religions
Status:Active
Description
Summary:The reasoning that guides Augustine in his witness doctrine is a type of scriptural pragmatism that seeks to replicate what he understands about God's incarnational and trinitarian logic. In 'De doc. chr.' this scriptural logic is also operative in his construction of the 'hermeneutical Jew' (as a sign of the literal sense of Scripture) in contrast to the 'hermeneutical Christian' (a sign of the allegorical sense).

Similar Items