I. Our Hermeneutical Inheritance -- The Cartesian And Baconian Legacies -- The Cartesian Isolation Of The Aesthetic Category -- Baconianism And A New World Hermeneutic -- Beyond The First Person -- Ii. Texts And Actions -- The Limits Of The Literature-as-language Model -- Basic Principles Of The Literature-as-action Model -- The Question Of Reference And Mimesis -- Imagined And Actual Worlds -- Some Consequences For Hermeneutical Practice -- Historical Texts Iii. Reader-response Hermeneutics, Action Models, And The Parables Of Jesus -- Literary Theory And Biblical Hermeneutics -- The Parables Of Jesus -- Audience Criticism And Reader-response Hermeneutics -- The Need For A Reader-response Approach To The Parables -- The Problems And Inadequacy Of A Reader-response Approach To The Parables -- The Contribution Of The Action Model: Toward Responsible Interpretation. By Roger Lundin, Anthony C. Thiselton, Clarence Walhout. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.