Auslegungsgeschichte

What is interpretation history? Through three broad studies on the use of key New Testament texts during the Reformation and the age of Confessionalization, this study profiles interpretation history as a central sub-discipline of church history and explores its hermeneutical and methodological foundations. The interpretation of the opening verses of the Acts of the Apostles (Acts 1:1-14), the comparative interpretation of Johannine and Pauline texts and the interpretation of the pericope of the repentant sinner (Luke 7:36-50) are explored across denominations and genres, such as commentaries, sermons, apologetical theological writings, and devotional literature, in order to sharpen the question of interpretation history within church history as well as in interdisciplinary dialogue.