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1 online resource (xv, 223 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Library of New Testament studies ; 393
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies
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Library of New Testament studies ; 393.
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T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
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| Note |
"A Continuum imprint"--Title page verso. |
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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Aberdeen, 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-211) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction : goals and assumptions -- Language-games, textuality, and genres -- Primary genre -- Secondary genre : the canon -- Pericopal theology and application -- Conclusion : summary and prospects. |
| Summary |
A fundamental issue for preachers of the Bible has always been achieving an approach that is both faithful to the textual intention as well as fitting for the listening audience. What is historical and distant (the text) is, in preaching, made contemporary and near (praxis). Particularly pertinent is how this transaction may be conducted with respect to the self-contained and well-defined quantum of the scriptural text that is regularly employed in liturgical contextsthe pericope. This book answers the question: In a sermon intending to proclaim application from a pericope, what is the herme. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible -- Homiletical use.
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Bible. |
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Bible -- Hermeneutics.
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Hermeneutics. |
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Bible -- Herméneutique. |
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Bible -- Usage homilétique. |
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Bibel. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kuruvilla, Abraham. Text to praxis. London ; New York, NY : T & T Clark, ©2009 9780567538543 (DLC) 2009280161 (OCoLC)276648037 |
| ISBN |
9780567366849 (electronic book) |
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0567366847 (electronic book) |
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9780567538543 |
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0567538540 |
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