Hermeneutical Transition: Search for a New Horizon of the New Testament Interpretation and a Wholistic Application of Critical Methods

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370389
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: European literature
• Research Institution: Kwansei Gakuin University
• Principal Investigator: ASANO Atsuhiro 関西学院大学, 神学部, 教授 (20409139)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ITO Hisayasu 立命館大学, 産業社会学部, 教授 (30352438) ; TSUJI Manabu 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 教授 (50299046) ; HIROISHI Nozomu 立教大学, 文学部, 教授 (60339819) ; NAKANO Minoru 東京神学大学, 神学部, 教授 (70349786) ; SUDO Ichiro 西南学院大学, 神学部, 教授 (80309864)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 新約聖書 / 解釈学 / 批評学

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We evaluated both traditional and recent methods of interpretation of the New Testament and presented a fresh and wholistic approach to understanding the texts, making note of the new horizen of readers' perspectives. Each researcher, in the critical method that he/she is specialized in, took special care to pursue possibility of involving readers into the process of interpretation. The followings are the main results. 1. The researchers involved began the commentary work on an assigned book of the NT, and the digest of their works are made available to the wider public via the website. 2. The results of the research meetings during the study period were complied into a book titled, Invitation to the New Testament Interpretation, and published in Feb., 2016. 3. At the publication of the book, a symposium was held in Tokyo under the title of 'How to Read the New Testament', to which over 100 participated. 4. First 3 vols of commentary series are planned to be published in 2017.

Free Research Field

新約聖書学、とくにパウロ研究。中心となる解釈アプローチは社会科学批評