21 religious text interpretation methods and tools Page

1. Historical – Evidence 20

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2. Archeology

3. 22
Reception

4. 22
Response

5. 24
Social scientific

6. 26
Philology

7. 30
Textual – Canonization

8. 32
Redaction

9. 35
Source
10. Tradition 36

11. Literary 37

12. 38
Form

13. 38
Exegesis

14. 39
Narrative

15. 39
Allegory

16. 40
Rhetoric

17. 41
Ideology

18. 42
Metaphor

19. Mystical 45

20. Esoteric 47

21. Intuitive 57

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 21 Religious interpretive methods – subclassification system

Mystical: Historical Textual

Esoteric &
Intuitive

Evidence Canonization & Redaction

Archeological ______________
______________ Source
Tradition
Reception Philology
Literary
Reader response
Form, Exegesis, Narrative,
Allegory, Rhetoric,
Social-scientific Ideology, Metaphor

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