I am looking for relatively short responses to the questions below:
1) Explain how can I best describe to my interested friends the difference between "reader response" and "authorial intent"?
2) Explain why is the issue of communication significant to the description of authorial intent?
3) Who controls the meaning in interpretation: me the reader or the author and explain why this is important?
4.) Explain how can I define the terms: literary meaning, allegory, and typology in one sentence?
5) I am having a challenge describing the main difference between an allegory and a typology?
6.) As a Christian these days should I employ these methods and why?
What would be some good backup sources I could read up on to refine my knowledge to each of such subjects?