The Cambridge Companion to Biblical InterpretationJohn Barton 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. |
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3The socialworld of theBible | |
postmodernism | |
Political readingsof Scripture | |
Feminist interpretation ANN LOADES | |
The Pentateuch | |
The historical books oftheOld Testament | |
The prophetic books | |
The poetic and wisdom books | |
ROBERT ALTER 16 The Synoptic Gospels and Acts ofthe Apostles | |
John and the Johannine literature The woman at | |
The Pauline Letters | |
The nonPauline Letters | |
Biblical studies and theoretical hermeneutics | |
ANTHONY THISELTON 8 The BibleandChristian theology | |
Biblical studyand linguistics | |
Aspects of the Jewish contribution to biblical | |
Apocalyptic literature | |
Index of biblical references | |
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