Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical StudyOne of the most reliable and helpful books on interpretive method is now available in a new and up-to-date edition. Firmly founded in the best scholarship, John Barton's Reading the Old Testament helps students to understand both the established methods of biblical study and the newer emerging trends. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
LITERARY COMPETENCE AND GENRERECOGNITION | 8 |
LITERARY CRITICISM | 20 |
FORM CRITICISM | 30 |
REDACTION CRITICISM | 45 |
ECCLESIASTES | 61 |
THE CANONICAL APPROACH | 77 |
CANON AS CONTEXT | 89 |
THE TEXT ITSELF | 158 |
THE TEXT AND THE READER | 180 |
THE READER IN THE TEXT | 198 |
THEORY AND TEXTUALITY | 220 |
CONCLUSION | 237 |
NOTES | 247 |
showed that my treatment of the Biblical Theology Movement | 257 |
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STRUCTURALIST CRITICISM | 104 |
BIBLICAL STRUCTURALISM | 121 |
THE NEW CRITICISM | 140 |
Common terms and phrases
analysis ancient argue argument B. S. Childs Barr Barthes Bible biblical criticism Biblical Narrative biblical scholars biblical structuralism biblical studies biblical text canon criticism canonical approach canonical method chapter Childs's Christian cism claim classic coherent conventions convey Culler culture deconstruction Deuteronomy discussion Ecclesiastes Eliot English example exegesis fact folk-tale form criticism fundamentalist Genesis of Secrecy genre Hebrew historical criticism historical-critical method idea intention interest interpretation Introduction Israel Israelite Kermode kind linguistic literary competence literary criticism Literary Theory literature meaning meant modern novel Old Testament Old Testament studies Old Testament text original passage Pentateuch poem poetry possible post-structuralism Prophetic Psalms Qoheleth question reader reader-response criticism READING THE OLD redaction criticism redactor rhetorical criticism Russian Formalism Scripture seems seen sense simply sort source criticism story structuralist structuralist approach suggest T. S. Eliot theme traditional true trying understanding verse wisdom words writing