Resurrecting Interpretation: Technology, Hermeneutics, and the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus - Softcover

Perry, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1610976118 ISBN 13: 9781610976114

Publisher: Pickwick Publications, 2012

Synopsis

Hermeneutics is the work of Hermes, the Greek demigod, a messenger from the gods and from the dead. Simon Perry sets out to explore the contemporary face of Hermes through a reading of Jesus' parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). This parable has one distinguishing feature that marks it out from other ancient stories following the same basic storyline: that a visitor from the dead is not granted leave to return with a message to the land of the living. In order for Scripture to be heard, Hermes is not necessary. Where does this leave the role of hermeneutics? Perry looks to philosophers, ethicists, and theologians for an answer.

About this title

About the Author

Simon Perry is chaplain of Robinson College, Cambridge. He is a former soldier, a single parent, and author of All Who Came Before (2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1610976118
• ISBN 13: 9781610976114
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274