Psychologically informed engagement with the Matthean pericopes on Pilate and Judas through Jungian lenses: The sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking approach

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

Christopher F. Ross¹  Leslie J. Francis² 

[1] and, Department of New Testament Studies, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria;Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, University of Warwick, United Kingdom;

关键词: biblical hermeneutics;    reader perspective;    psychological type theory;    SIFT approach;   

DOI  :  10.4102/hts.v74i1.5179

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Within the passion narrative Matthew adds important pericopes to the Marcan text concerning both Pilate and Judas. These additional pericopes provide a rich resource for exploring the psychological motivation of and the psychological consequences for these two key actors in the betrayal and crucifixion of Jesus. The present study employs the Jungian framework of the sensing, intuition, feeling and thinking (SIFT) approach to Biblical hermeneutics to explore the interpretation of Matthew 27:19–25 (concerning Pilate) through the lenses of sensing and intuition, and the interpretation of Matthew 27:3–10 (concerning Judas) through the lenses of thinking and feeling among 24 experienced preachers in Ontario, Canada. The findings confirm the hypotheses advanced by the SIFT approach that significant differences emerge between the psychological perceptions of sensing types and intuitive types, and that significant differences emerge between the psychological evaluations of thinking types and feeling types.

【 授权许可】

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