What form or method of interpretation is to be preferred above the next? Numerous frameworks have been used to interpret Scripture. We need to understand all the approaches that have been used so that we can make an informed choice. This article reflects on the metaphysics of these choices made in biblical studies and hermeneutics.

Loking at the philosophy of Jacques Derrida and linking it to postmodernism, this article shows that the struggle of postmodernism is not that of epistemology, but that of ontology and metaphysics. The author discusses Derrida's struggle with phenomenology and logocentrism, and points to Van Til as the answer to Derrida's criticism.