Hermeneutics are Spiritual
Whether done well or ill, theology and the study of Scripture are spiritual tasks, and the conditions for their flourishing include spiritual conditions. Pathologies of modern reason applied to the Bible must, therefore, do rather more than simply identify an intellectual fall from grace (such as those whose chief culprits are Scotus and Spinoza), for there is only one fall, that of Adam; all alike share his contempt for the Word of God, all our history—including all our theological history—suffers from what he unleashed into the world. In the matter of the theology of Scripture and its interpretation, the imperative of reconciliation with God needs to be kept in view.
The Domain of the Word: Scripture and Theological Reason
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John Webster, The Domain of the Word: Scripture and Theological Reason (London; New York: T&T Clark, 2012)