Michael Riffaterre’s ‘Interpretant’ Reinterpreted

An Approach for the Hypertextual Reading of Wisdom and Romans

Mateusz Andrzej Krawczyk

Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie , Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2035-487X


Abstract

Bible exegesis is dealing at times with the accusation of superficial implementation of methods from various fields of science and of disrespect for the theological character of the Bible in hermeneutical and methodological presuppositions. This accusation can be directed also towards the many uses of intertextuality in biblical scholarship. The article challenges this situation and proposes what has been called a ‘theological model of intertextual interpretation’ – an approach based on literary theory of the ‘interpretant’ as understood by Michaele Riffaterre – that tends to respect more fully the theological character of the biblical text. After a detailed description of the approach and its methodological elements, the second part of the article deals with an example of the application of thereof – an intertextual exegesis of Rom 2:7 and Wis 2:23; Wis 6:18.19.

Keywords:

Christology, hypertextuality, interpretant, intertextuality, Michaele Riffaterre, Rom 2:7; Wis 2:23; Wis 6:18.19

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2020-02-21


Krawczyk, M. A. (2020). Michael Riffaterre’s ‘Interpretant’ Reinterpreted. The Biblical Annals, 10(2), 261–277. https://doi.org/10.31743/biban.5139

Mateusz Andrzej Krawczyk  mateusz.a.krawczyk@gmail.com
Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie

Ur. w 1991 r. w Warszawie. W latach 2009-2014 studiował Edukację Medialną i Dziennikarstwo na Wydziale Teologicznym UKSW, biorąc udział w programie Erasmus na prestiżowej uczelni Katholieke Universiteit Leuven w Belgii. W czerwcu 2009 r. obronił pracę magisterską pisaną na seminarium z Egzegezy NT pod kierunkiem ks. prof. dr. hab. Romana Bartnickiego. W latach 2014-2019 odbył studia doktoranckie z Teologii Biblijnej na UKSW, broniąc pracę doktorską pt. Hipoteza zależności hipertekstualnej Listu do Rzymian od Księgi Mądrości pisaną pod kierunkiem ks. prof. UKSW dra hab. Bartosza Adamczewskiego.

Realizował projekty badawcze finansowane ze środków MNiSW oraz Narodowego Centrum Nauki (Preludium oraz Etiuda). Odbył staż zagraniczny w Pontificio Istituto Biblico w Rzymie w 2018 roku. Prezentował wyniki prowadzonych badań w formie referatów na 9 konferencjach o zasięgu międzynarodowym (m.in. SBL International Meeting oraz EABS Annual Meeting: Seul, Berlin, Helsinki, Rzym, Sofia, Warszawa).

Obecnie wykładowca biblistyki na Podyplomowych Studiach Formacji Biblijnej na UKSW oraz nowotestamentowego j. greckiego przy Bractwie Słowa Bożego.

Popularyzował wiedzę o Biblii m.in. jako autor audycji radiowych w Radiu Warszawa: „Biblia pod lupą” oraz „Pytania o Biblię”. Członek Society of Biblical Literature, European Association of Biblical Studies, Stowarzyszenia Biblistów Polskich oraz Bractwa Słowa Bożego.

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2035-487X



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