Sitz im Leben
Template:Italic title In Biblical criticism, Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a German phrase roughly translating to "setting in life". It stands for the context in which a text, or object, has been created, and its function and purpose at that time. The Script error: No such module "Lang". is also used to refer to the social, ethnic and cultural setting of a site at a particular era. When interpreting a text, object, or region, the Script error: No such module "Lang". has to be taken into consideration in order to allow a proper contextual interpretation.
Origins
The term originated with the German Protestant theologian Hermann Gunkel and originally was stated in the Bible. The term Script error: No such module "Lang". ("setting in the life of the people") was employed for the first time in 1906 and the term Script error: No such module "Lang". in 1918.[1] The term Script error: No such module "Lang". was used by classic form critics, as discussed by Chris Tuckett, "...it has been pointed out that the term Script error: No such module "Lang". was used in a rather peculiar way by the classic form critics. In fact the term is a sociological one, describing a typical situation within any community"[2] so that the meaning of the text is bound up with its function in the community,[3] and social context.[4] Some have noted that it is also used in Biblical language.[5]
References
- ↑ Prophets and paradigms: essays in honor of Gene M. Tucker ed. Gene M. Tucker, Stephen Breck Reid 1996, p. 113, Form-Criticism of the Old Testament (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971
- ↑ Christopher Mark Tuckett Reading the New Testament: methods of interpretation 1987 – 200.14"
- ↑ Wolfgang Kraus, R. Glenn Wooden Septuagint research: issues and challenges 2006 p. 23 "With the introduction of the term Script error: No such module "Lang". we see that for NETS the meaning and significance of the text is bound up with its inferred function within the community that produced it."
- ↑ Rolf Rendtorff The Old Testament: an introduction 1985 "Gunkel's term Sitz im Leben'Script error: No such module "Lang". denotes a particular situation of communication with which a genre – or even several genres – may be connected. In a more comprehensive sense the term can therefore also denote the social context in ..."
- ↑ W. S. Vorster, J. Eugene Botha – Speaking of Jesus: essays on biblical language, gospel narrative 1999 p. 336 ("The use of the term Script error: No such module "Lang". has become very misleading and problematic, see Guttgemanns 1970:82ff.")