Lezen en interpreteren – zonder (sociale) context gaat het niet: Een oudtestamentische respons op Van Woudenberg

This article reflects on René van Woudenberg’s The Epistemology of Reading and Interpretation (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2021) from the perspective of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible studies. Current digitalization shows striking parallels with the function and development of reading, writing and authorship in antiquity. This gives indeed rise to asking epistemological questions. As Van Woudenberg’s text itself shows, however, writing, reading and interpretion seem to be more embedded in a social context than the book suggests.