English summary: Religious traditions tend to consider a purely cognitive understanding of their holy scriptures as being insufficient. Different spiritual exercises function as preparation for grasping the deeper meaning of the texts. The oldest forms of interpretation are connected to ritual, meditation and prayer. On the other hand, quite early on, a process of differentiation began to separate interpretation and spiritual practice. Important sections of the explanation of authoritative texts were being relocated ...
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English summary: Religious traditions tend to consider a purely cognitive understanding of their holy scriptures as being insufficient. Different spiritual exercises function as preparation for grasping the deeper meaning of the texts. The oldest forms of interpretation are connected to ritual, meditation and prayer. On the other hand, quite early on, a process of differentiation began to separate interpretation and spiritual practice. Important sections of the explanation of authoritative texts were being relocated within institutions of higher education. This resulted in a tension between religious reading and scientific reading. This volume brings together an array of specialists who analyze the relation between spiritual practice and the scientific reading of holy texts in Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity. In addition to detailed historical analyses, particular attention is paid to the significance of contemplative exegesis in contemporary Christian theology. German description: Dieser Band untersucht das Verhaltnis von Schriftauslegung und spiritueller Praxis anhand ausgewahlter Fallbeispiele aus Hinduismus, Buddhismus und Christentum. In diesen Religionen existiert das Wissen, dass ein rein kognitiver Zugang zu den Heiligen Texten unzureichend bleibt. Die Rezipienten werden durch spirituelle Ubungen auf das Erfassen der tieferen Bedeutung Heiliger Texte vorbereitet. Die altesten Formen der Schriftauslegung sind eingebunden in Liturgie, Ritus, Meditation und Gebet. Andererseits vollzog sich in der Geschichte der Religionen schon relativ fruh ein Prozess der Ausdifferenzierung. Ein gewichtiger Teil der Schriftauslegung verlagerte sich in Institutionen hoherer Bildung. An verschiedenen Orten scheinen unterschiedliche Texterkenntnisse zu entstehen. Setzt ein und derselbe Text entsprechend der Disposition seiner Rezipienten unterschiedliche Bedeutungen frei? Was folgt daraus fur die Verhaltnisbestimmung von religiosem und wissenschaftlichem Auslegen Heiliger Texte?
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