IOU: Ancient Hermeneutics

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Date: Wed Aug 15 2007 - 18:57:29 EDT

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Dear List:

There is a system of exegesis in the middle ages which saw the text as
having four meanings: sensus historicus, sensus allegoricus, sensus
tropologicus, and sensus anagogicus.

It is generally believed that this view comes from Patristic and Rabbinic
writings. The corresponding Hebrew words are: Peshat, Remez, Derash, and Sod.

Can
anyone recommend a good book on this topic or any part of it? I googled and
searched the library without satisfactory results.

V. Kerry Inman
University of Pennsylvania

"To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics for these are the measure
of his purpose." --Florence Nightingale

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