Implikasi Hermeneutis Membaca Injil-Injil Kanonik Sebagai Tulisan Biografi Yunani-Romawi
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https://doi.org/10.46445/ejti.v2i2.110Keywords:
Injil-Injil kanonik, biografi Yunani-Romawi, hermeneutik, genre, metode historis, kritik naratif, greco-roman biography, narrative criticism, historical criticism, hermeneuticsAbstract
Herry Susanto, The Hermeneutical Implication of Reading the Canonical Gospels as Greco-Roman Biographical Writing. Historical method and narative criticism are the two approaches that have become important tools in exegetical work of canonical Gospels. Both have given important contribution, however the two approaches have inadequacies. The historical approach depends on external data, and narrative criticism tends to treat the Gospel texts as modern narratives. In the subsequent development of studies on the canonical Gospels, it has been found some significant similarities between the Gospels and Greco-Roman biographical writings. This writing observes three similarities, namely the format of content, focus of story and purpose. The content of Greco-Roman biography, mostly narrates the public work or ministry of the main character. The same thing is found on the Gospels. Likewise, the focus of story that orients to one main character and the purpose of authorship that has rhetorical and persuasive element. The similarities indicate that the canonical Gospels may be categorized as Greco-Roman biographical genre. Certainly, it has hermeneutical implication. The Gospels should be read in accordance with its genre.
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Herry Susanto, Implikasi Hermeneutis Membaca Injil-Injil Kanonik sebagai Tulisan Yunani-Romawi. Metode historis dan kritik naratif merupakan dua pendekatan yang telah menjadi alat penting dalam karya eksegesa Injil-Injil kanonik. Keduanya telah memberi kontribusi penting, namun dua pendekatan tersebut memiliki kelemahan. Pendekatan historis bergantung pada data eksternal, dan kritik naratif cenderung memperlakukan teks-teks Injil sebagai naratif modern. Dalam perkembangan selanjutnya studi terhadap Injil-Injil kanonik, didapati kesamaan-kesamaan yang signifikan antara kitab-kitab Injil dengan tulisan biografi Yunani-Romawi. Tulisan ini melihat tiga kesamaan, yaitu format isi, fokus cerita dan tujuan. Isi biografi Yunani-Romawi, sebagian besar menceritakan karya atau pelayanan publik tokoh utama. Hal yang sama dijumpai pada kitab-kitab Injil. Demikian juga dengan fokus cerita yang berorientasi kepada satu tokoh utama dan tujuan penulisan yang memiliki unsur retoris dan persuasif. Kesamaan-kesamaan ini tentu mengindikasikan bahwa Injil-Injil kanonik dapat dikategorikan bergenre biografi Yunani-Romawi. Ini tentu memiliki implikasi hermeneutis. Kitab-kitab Injil harus dibaca sesuai dengan genrenya tersebut.
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