RELIGST 3N03 Study Guide - School Of Antioch, Alexandrian School, Matthew Henry

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 3N03
• Professor: Stephen Westerholm

Document Summary

Chapter 14 ends rise, let us be on our way but john 18:1 is the first time they mention movement and actually getting up and going doesn"t happen in 15. Highlights different interpretations possible to understand the gospel. 3 approaches: antiochene school of interpretation: opposed the allegorical interpretations of the alexandrian method. Antiochene said read scripture at its literal level. Danger that you lose sight of the historical reference and literal text when you"re overly concerned about the spiritual level. Had to find literal significance even to references like grass which seem problematic. Increasing dissatisfaction with this hasn"t led to certain conclusions, hard to find two scholars that agree no consensus. Literary approach to text deal with the text you have in front not the source you got it from; don"t worry about the pre-history, make sense of the text itself. Multiple levels of meaning correspond to the level of maturity of the reader.