NT Exegesis and Hermeneuticss (was miscellaneous)

David L. Moore (dvdmoore@ix.netcom.com)
Mon, 14 Apr 1997 11:21:52 -0400

Lynn Kauppi wrote:

>It is an assumption on your part, Heidi, that each New Testament text has
>only one meaning.

The tenet that the texts of the Bible have only one meaning gained
prominence in Christian Biblical interpretation, in part, as a reaction to
exegesis that posited various levels of meaning for the biblical texts.
Origen, for instance, interpreted, in some cases, with a threefold sense.