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The Role of the ‘ordinary Reader’ in Gerald O West’s Hermeneutics

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: This essay explores the role of the “ordinary reader” in Gerald O West’s hermeneutics. Firstly, it offers a brief overview of the background context of liberation from which West developed his hermeneutics. Secondly, West’s hermeneutics of liberation in its South African context is explored. Thirdly, the role of the so-called “ordinary reader”, especially in the interpretive process, in West’s hermeneutics of liberation, is examined. The essay argues that the voices of the “ordinary readers” in the collaborative reading need to be clearly evident, so that it does not seem as though the socially engaged biblical scholar is simply reading through the “ordinary readers”.

Source: Scriptura

DOI: 10.7833/88-0-990

Author: Godwin I Akper

Institution: Stellenbosch University

Language: English

Topic: Biblical Studies and Interpretation

Subfield: Religious studies

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $391

Funder: Lunds Universitet