Transcendence and Understanding

Gadamer and Modern Orthodox Hermeneutics in Dialogue

Zdenko S. Sirka

• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781532678073, 9781532678080
• eBook ISBN: 9781532678097
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Biblical Studies

This book brings into conversation Western and Orthodox hermeneutical schools: one represented by Hans-Georg Gadamer and his followers, while the other school is less focused around one person and yet displays common distinct features. The main question of the book is how we can mediate not only the content of understanding of who we are in relation to each other, to the world in which we live, and to God, but also comprehend the process of understanding across various historical periods. The strengths and weaknesses of both positions are presented, and it is shown how these two hermeneutical approaches can enrich each other. The book argues that preserving both positions, and indicating how they complement each other, helps show the limits of encountering the transcendent reality that can be testified to by human language without being reduced to it as such.

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Table of contents

• Title Page
• Foreword
• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Sources of Gadamer’s Hermeneutics
• Development of Gadamer’s Hermeneutical Project
• Reception and Critical Evaluation
• Horizons of Human Understanding and Transcendence in Gadamer’s Hermeneutical School
• The Contributions of Gadamerian Hermeneutics
• The Emergence of Modern Orthodox Hermeneutics
• Sources of Orthodox Hermeneutics Revisited
• The Move beyond the Neo-patristic Synthesis
• Human Understanding and Transcendence in Current Orthodox Hermeneutics
• The Role of Interpretative Community
• Conclusion
• Bibliography