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Augustine On Interpreting Scripture: Always a "Plus" of Meaning
4 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen March 25th, 2006 in Augustine, Biblical Hermeneutics, Hermeneutics, Michael Hanby, ScriptureAs Michael Hanby notes, in the Confessions, Augustine teaches that there is a “plenitude of true meanings for a single text” […] The ontological warrant that underlies this insistence throughout the Augustinian corpus derives, in part, from the very nature of truth’s oneness, which defies its circumscription or possession” (Augustine and Modernity, p. 34). For [...]
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