The Biblical Text and Metánoia

Authors

  • Jadranka Brnčić Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Keywords:

hermeneutics of a biblical text, Paul Ricoeur, possible worlds, «surplus of meaning», metánoia, lectio divina, hermeneutics as transformation

Abstract

In this article the author brings the biblical hermeneutics of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913- 2005) into relation with the theory of possible worlds and sees hermeneutics as transformation related to the experience of conversion. Furthermore, the author connects it with lectio divina and concludes that, thanks to such hermeneutics, we may again, beyond the «desert of criticism», be called to integrated selfhood and thus become able to shape our particular history as well as common history in a responsible way.

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Published

2021-05-25

Issue

Vol. 64 No. 4 (2009): Renewed Life, 2009, 64 (4), 433-564

Section

Original Scholarly Paper

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Jednom prihvaćeni članak obvezuje autora da ga ne smije objaviti drugdje bez dozvole uredništva, a i tada samo uz bilješku da je objavljen prvi put u Obnovljenom životu. Uredništvo će obavijestiti autora o prihvaćanju ili neprihvaćanju članka za objavljivanje.

Članci objavljeni u časopisu se, uz prikladno navođenje izvora, smiju besplatno koristiti u obrazovne i druge nekomercijalne svrhe.