ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses two typologies which influence the creation of the triangle typology in that they both offer analysis; the accounting of both human and divine action in the hermeneutics of Scripture. They each contribute to this in different ways. They are George Lindbeck's The Nature of Doctrine and James Buckley's article "Beyond the Hermeneutical Deadlock". The rationale and shape of the triangle typology is now established. It constructs a triangle with three "types", positions, facets, or orientations at each of its corners. Divine agency is normally considered to be the theological, dogmatic, or confessional concern and is typically viewed as being a separate or subsequent consideration in hermeneutical and theological methodologies. The composition of the text of Scripture, as well as the act of reading and interpreting Scripture, are complex activities; complicated in the interrelationship of so many facets of action which involve both divine and human agency.
