Explanatory annotation is one of the oldest hermeneutic practices but comparatively few people have thought about it systematically. What is the influence on the reading and comprehension of a text? What must annotations look like in order to be really helpful? How can we distinguish between explanatory annotations and interpretations?
Matthias Bauer, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
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