The Joy of Interpretation and the Misery

How should you interpret what you read? Are there universally valid principles of interpretation—or is meaning dependent on the reader? What is the cause of the vicious infighting over Supreme Court nominations? What was the cause of the sixteenth century Age of Reformation? In a world where it is fashionable to believe that all meaning is relative and that written texts mean only what the reader thinks or feels they mean, this book delivers a wake-up call and provides a helpful primer on the ru