| Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 355 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Part I. Revisiting older approaches -- ch. 1. Putting source criticism in its place : the flood story as a test case / David J.A. Clines -- ch. 2. The limits of form criticism in the study of literature, with reflections on Psalm 34 / Stuart Weeks -- ch. 3. The vindication of redaction criticism / H.G.M. Williamson -- ch. 4. Textual and literary criticism and the book of Exodus : the role of the Septuagint / Alison Salvesen -- ch. 5. Truth in biblical criticism / John Muddiman -- ch. 6. Talking to the God in the Psalms : pursuing Barton's 'plain meaning' approach / Susan E. Gillingham -- ch. 7. The Genesis flood narrative in relation to ancient Near Eastern flood accounts / John Day -- ch. 8. Canons and curses : some observations of the 'canon-formula' in Deuteronomy and its afterlife / Anselm C. Hagedorn -- ch. 9. The legacy of Claus Westermann for theology and church / Rainer Albertz -- ch. 10. The Bible within systematic theology / Gerhard Sauter -- Part II. Breaking the mould -- ch. 11. Popoular interpretation of the Bible in Brazil / Christopher Rowland -- ch. 12. 'And if not now, when?' A sociology of reading Micah's notions of the future in Micah 4:1 / Daniel Smith-Christopher -- ch. 13. Apostles, deacons, patrons, co-workers, and heads of household : women leaders in the Pauline communities / Paula Gooder -- ch. 14. Scriptural author and canonical prophet : the theological implications of literary association in the canon / Christopher Steitz -- ch. 15. The Evangelists' use of the Old Testament as an implicit overarching narrative / N.T. Wright -- ch. 16. Intertextuality : method and theory in Job and Psalm 119 / Will Kynes -- Cross-examining chronicles : adventures in the store-world of a notionally historical narrative / John Jarick -- Materialism, materiality, and biblical cults of writing / Francesca Stravrakopoulou -- Unequal terms : a postcolonial approach to Isaiah 61 / Mark G. Brett |
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A cognitive linguistic study of the concept of defilement in Ezekiel 22:1-16 -- Dancing David : a psychological reading of 2 Samuel 6 / Paul M. Joyce -- The Bible and music : hearing Elijah through the oratorio tradition / Katharine J. Dell -- ch. 23. The case of the confiscated cloak : approaching ancient Judahite ethics / Andrew Mein -- The perverse commitment to overcrowding and doubling in Genesis : implications for ethics and politics / Yvonne Sherwood |
| Summary |
This title considers the various lenses through which we read and study biblical texts and provides an up-to-date overview of biblical criticism. Professor John Barton has made a major contribution in this area of method and approach to biblical texts and their interpretation. This volume is a response to and continuation of this work |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| SUBJECT |
Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013617
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Bible fast |
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Christianity.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Barton, John, 1948- honouree.
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Dell, Katharine J. (Katharine Julia), 1961- editor.
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Joyce, Paul M., 1954- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780199645534 |
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0199645531 |
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9780191755842 |
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0191755842 |
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