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Title: The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church and Approaches that Use the Human Sciences
Author(s): O'DEA, Edward
Journal: Theoforum
Volume: 50    Issue: 1   Date: 2020   
Pages: 53-61
DOI: 10.2143/TF.50.1.3289217

Abstract :
The Pontifical Biblical Commission’s document The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church (IBC) details interpretive methods which the Roman Catholic exegete should use in the study of Biblical texts. This article highlights the IBC’s description of methods drawn from the Human Sciences and assesses its conclusions as to the use of methods of sociological, anthropological, and psychological analysis, which have been for some time applied within Catholic biblical exegesis. It concludes with an example of one way that these approaches have been applied by Olivier Bobineau.



Le document, L’interprétation de la Bible dans l’Église (IBÉ), de la Commission Biblique Pontificale, s’intéresse aux diverses méthodes que les exégètes peuvent utiliser dans l’étude des textes bibliques. Cet article s’intéresse à la description que l’IBÉ fait des méthodes tirées des sciences humaines. Il analyse ses conclusions quant à l’utilisation de méthodes d’analyse sociologique, anthropologique et psychologique. Il se termine enfin par un exemple d’application de ces approches par Olivier Bobineau.

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