Contours Of A Biblical Reception Theory: Studies In The Rezeptionsgeschichte Of Romans 13.1-7

V†ctor Manuel Morales V‚squez Contours of a Biblical Reception Theory Studies in the Rezeptionsgeschichte of Romans 13.1 – 7 V&R unipress 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. ISBN 978-3-89971-895-9 ISBN 978-3-86234-895-4 (E-Book)  Copyright 2012 by V&R unipress GmbH, D-37079 Goettingen All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign languages. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, microfilm and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printing and binding: CPI Buch Bücher.de GmbH, Birkach Printed in Germany For my wife Anna and my son Manuel Hendrik with love Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Part 1: A return to history: reception theory and the historicity of biblical exegesis Chapter 1: The re-historicisation of understanding and reading . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 The re-historicisation of understanding and Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 The re-historicisation of understanding and Rezeptionsästhetik (aesthetics of reception) . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Jauss’ apologiae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.2 The nature of reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.3 Erwartungshorizont and Horizontabhebung . . . . 1.2.4 The dialectics of question and answer in the absence of a specific telos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2.5 The seven theses of Jauss’ Rezeptionsästhetik as a methodological embodiment of Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics . . . . . . . . . . . . Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 2: An account of the use of reception theory in contemporary biblical studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 The use of reception theory in Childs’ introduction to the New Testament . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 The use of reception theory in Luz’s commentary on Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 The use of reception theory in Thiselton’s commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 17 . 17 . . . . 26 27 34 35 . 36 . . 37 39 . . 41 41 . 41 . 46 . 51 8 Contents 2.4 The use of reception theory in Mayordomo-Mar†n’s commentary on Matthew’s chapters 1 and 2 . . . . . . . . Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 3: Contours of a Biblical Reception Theory (BRT): Biblical Reception Theory as a rehistoricisation of biblical exegesis Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 Definition of a Biblical Reception Theory (BRT) . . . . 3.2 Exegesis in the light of Rezeptionsgeschichte . . . . . . . 3.3 Hypothetical early reception (HER), encyclopaedic competence, and discourse production and genres . . . 3.4 Parameters for criteria for BRT studies . . . . . . . . . Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 62 . . . . 65 65 66 70 . . . 73 76 80 Part 2: Biblical Reception Theory studies in the Rezeptionsgeschichte of Romans 13.1 – 7 Chapt