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The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation

The Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation

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John Barton, David Jasper, Keith W. Whitelam, Robert P. Carroll, Tim Gorringe, Ann Loades, Anthony Thiselton, Robert Morgan, William Johnstone, Stefan C. Reif, Stephen Prickett, Joseph Blenkinsopp, Iain Provan, Robert R. Wilson, Robert Alter, Pheme Perkins, John Ashton, James D. G. Dunn, Frances Young, James VanderKam
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  • Date Published: July 1998
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521485937

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  • This book provides the first complete guide for students to the present state of biblical studies. The twenty-one specially commissioned chapters are written by established scholars from North America and Britain, and represent both traditional and contemporary points of view. The chapters in Part One cover all the methods and approaches currently practised in the academic study of the Bible, while those in Part Two examine the major categories of books in the Bible from the perspective of recent scholarship - e.g. historical books of the Old Testament, Gospels, prophetic literature. Major issues raised are: the relation of modern 'critical' study of the Bible to 'pre-critical' and 'post-critical' approaches; the place of history in the study of the Bible; feminist, liberationist and new historicist concerns; the relation of Christian and Jewish scholarship; and recent interest in the Bible as literature.

    • Up-to-date survey of the present state of biblical studies
    • All authors are experts in their own field and have all made their own original contribution to biblical studies
    • Every book in the Bible is commented on
    • Both traditional and contemporary points of view are represented
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    • Date Published: July 1998
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521485937
    • length: 356 pages
    • dimensions: 226 x 152 x 20 mm
    • weight: 0.52kg
    • contains: 4 b/w illus.
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    Notes on contributors
    Glossary
    1. Introduction John Barton
    Part I. Lines of Approach:
    2. Historical-critical approaches John Barton
    3. Literary readings of the Bible David Jasper
    4. The social world of the Bible Keith W. Whitelam
    5. Poststructuralist approaches: new historicism and postmodernism Robert P. Carroll
    6. Political readings of scripture Tim Gorringe
    7. Feminist interpretation Ann Loades
    8. Biblical studies and theoretical hermeneutics Anthony Thiselton
    9. The Bible and Christian theology Robert Morgan
    10. Biblical study and linguistics William Johnstone
    11. Aspects of the Jewish contribution to biblical interpretation Stefan C. Reif
    12. The Bible in literature and art Stephen Prickett
    Part II. Biblical Books in Modern Interpretation:
    13. The Pentateuch Joseph Blenkinsopp
    14. The historical books of the Old Testament Iain Provan
    15. The prophetic books Robert R. Wilson
    16. The poetic and wisdom books Robert Alter
    17. The synoptic Gospels and Acts of the Apostles: telling the Christian story Pheme Perkins
    18. John and the Johannine literature: the woman at the well John Ashton
    19. The Pauline letters James D. G. Dunn
    20. The non-Pauline letters Frances Young
    21. Apocalyptic literature James VanderKam
    General Index
    Index of biblical references.

  • Instructors have used or reviewed this title for the following courses

    • Exegesis Practicum
    • Introduction to Biblical Hermeneutics
    • Introduction to the New Testament: Texts and Contexts
    • Major Biblical Themes
    • Principles of Exegesis
  • Editor

    John Barton, University of Oxford

    Contributors

    John Barton, David Jasper, Keith W. Whitelam, Robert P. Carroll, Tim Gorringe, Ann Loades, Anthony Thiselton, Robert Morgan, William Johnstone, Stefan C. Reif, Stephen Prickett, Joseph Blenkinsopp, Iain Provan, Robert R. Wilson, Robert Alter, Pheme Perkins, John Ashton, James D. G. Dunn, Frances Young, James VanderKam

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