Hermeneutics and the Rhetorical Tradition: Chapters in the Ancient Legacy & Its Humanist ReceptionThis book poses an eloquent challenge to the common conception of the hermeneutical tradition as a purely modern German specialty. Kathy Eden traces a continuous tradition of interpretation from Republican Rome to Reformation Europe, arguing that the historical grounding of modern hermeneutics is in the ancient tradition of rhetoric. |
Contents
Hermeneutics and Ancient Rhetoric | 7 |
Hermeneutics and Ancient Grammar | 20 |
Melanchthons Elementorum rhetorices | 79 |
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Hermeneutics and the Rhetorical Tradition: Chapters in the Ancient Legacy ... Kathy Eden No preview available - 1997 |
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