This is primarily because every reader brings different experiences, interests, presuppositions, and competencies that influence his/her understanding of the Bible. The main problem with this reader centered approach is that the meaning of the passage is essentially the invention of the reader, which is distinct from the author's intention or the historical situation or context that influenced the original writing of the text. Moreover, each reading generates a new understanding, which implies there is no stable meaning of the passage or text from the Bible. [3: W. Randolph Tate, Biblical Interpretation: An Integrated Approach (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers Inc.) 1991:145]
The World Behind the Text is an author centered approach in an in-depth study of the Bible in which the author's world and intentions are taken into consideration in order to derive meaning from a passage of Scripture. In this case, the text or passage is a by-product of the author who is a product of a historical context or period. Therefore, the social, cultural, political, and ideological aspects of the author comes into play when reading and/or examining a passage because of their role in shaping the author's writing/work. When this method is used, the meaning of a passage from Scripture is obtained from the author's motives with regards to his/her historical context as well as political, social and cultural aspects. This implies that the text itself and the reader are overlooked in the process of deriving meaning from a passage when using this author centered approach to Biblical interpretation. This essentially means that the major problem with this approach is limiting the meaning of a passage to its historical context, which may not be relevant to contemporary situations and settings.[footnoteRef:4] [4: Dave Smith, "Three Worlds of Text," Professor Dave Smith, last modified February 2014, http://profdavesmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Three-Worlds-of-Text2.ppt]
The World Within the Text is a text centered approach to an in-depth study of Scripture in which the literal elements of the passage are considered in order to obtain meaning and understanding. This process involves consideration of the natural languages of Scripture since languages are governed by syntactical, grammatical, and lexical codes.[footnoteRef:5] Additionally, secondary languages, which are known as literary languages, are also taken into consideration because they also have codes that influence the meaning of a passage. The use of this approach enables the reader to go beyond the meaning of a text in its natural language to what it is about through examining the codes in natural and literary languages of the Bible. Notably, the text centered approach emphasizes upon the text as the basis for the meaning of a Biblical passage. While this helps in enabling the reader to examine what the passage is about and it's meaning, it has a major problem because the text is considered as the container of meaning and understanding. The problem…
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