The Manifest and the Revealed

<p><b>Offers a new phenomenological method for biblical interpretation that opens up the possibility of an absolute science of scripture.</b></p><p>What is scripture and how does it function? Is there a scientific way to understand its meaning? In answer Adam Wells proposes a phenomenological approach to scripture that radicalizes both phenomenology and its relation to Christianity. By reading the ken?sis hymn (Philippians 2:5-11) alongside the work of Edmund Husserl Wells develops a <i>kenotic reduction</i> that rehabilitates the Husserlian idea of absolute science while also disclosing the radical philosophical implications of Paul's new creation. More broadly <i>The Manifest and the Revealed</i> pushes the fields of phenomenology and biblical studies forward. The turn to scripture as a source for theological and philosophical reflection marks an important advance for the recent theological turn in phenomenology. At the same time by bringing to light the incredible complexity of scripture phenomenology provides a ay for contemporary biblical studies to exceed its own limits. Wells demonstrates how phenomenology and scripture ultimately illuminate one another in profound and surprising ways.</p>