How to Interpret the Biblical Text? Old and New Paths for an Actual and Renewed Biblical Exegesis

Abstract

From such a great diversity of exegetical methods and biblical reading proposals, confusion and criticisms arouse at very different levels. This article reviews briefly the history that lead to the acceptance of the historical-critical methods in the Catholic Church, shows their main values as well as their weak points, and explains how they are nowadays still in good health. Other methods of biblical interpretation are explained that aim to fill precisely the gaps left by the formers.