The image, the depths, and the surface: multivalent approaches to biblical study
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Main Author: Gillingham, Susan E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Sheffield Academic Press 2002
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament 354
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-137) and index
Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 IN AND OUT OF THE GARDEN: MULTIVALENT READINGS IN GENESIS 2-3; Chapter 3 IN AND OUT OF THE SHEEPFOLD: MULTIVALENT READINGS IN PSALM 23; Chapter 4 IN AND OUT OF THE LAWCOURTS: MULTIVALENT READINGS IN AMOS; Chapter 5 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
The purpose of this book is to illustrate that reading is a subjective process which results in multivalent interpretations. This is the case whether one looks at a text in its historical contexts (the diachronic approach) or its literary contexts (the synchronic approach). Three representative texts are chosen from the Law (Genesis 2-3), the Writings (Isaiah 23) and the Prophets (Amos 5), and each is read first by way of historical analysis and then by literary analysis. Each text provides a number of variant interpretations and raises the question--is any one interpretation superior? What cr
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 147 pages)
ISBN:9780567134219
0567134210
9781841272979
1841272973

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