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1 online resource (xi, 147 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 354
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 354.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-137) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Old Testament -- Hermeneutics.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Hermeneutics. |
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Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Bible. A.T. -- Herméneutique. |
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Bible. A.T. -- Critique, interprétation, etc. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gillingham, S.E. (Susan E.). Image, the depths, and the surface. London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, 2002 1841272973 9781841272979 (DLC) 2002416915 (OCoLC)50479430 |
| ISBN |
9780567134219 (electronic book) |
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0567134210 (electronic book) |
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9781841272979 |
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1841272973 |
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