Article,
The interface between trained readers and ordinary readers in liberation hermeneutics. A case study: Mark 10:17-22
Neotestamentica, 27 (1): 165-180 (1993)
Abstract
Working within liberation hermeneutics and using a participatory research paradigm, this article examines the interface between the trained reader and the ordinary reader. More specifically, the article reflects on readings of Mark 10:17-22 with ordinary readers. The focus of the article is on the reading or interpretation produced by reading the Bible with ordinary readers. A series of workshops with ordinary readers provides the research context for this investigation. The hypothesis of the research is that a close and careful reading of Mark 10:17-22 in the South African context with ordinary readers would produce on interpretation of this text which included both individual and structural sin.
