Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation

Name: Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
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ISBN: 9780521485937

ISBN-10: 0521485932

ISBN-13: 9780521485937

Edition: 1998

Authors: John Barton

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This guide to the state of biblical studies features 20 chapters written by scholars from North America and Britain, and represents both traditional and contemporary points of view.

Book details

List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/28/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.90" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Notes on contributors


Glossary



Introduction




Lines of Approach



Historical-critical approaches




Literary readings of the Bible




The social world of the Bible




Poststructuralist approaches: new historicism and postmodernism




Political readings of scripture




Feminist interpretation




Biblical studies and theoretical hermeneutics




The Bible and Christian theology




Biblical study and linguistics




Aspects of the Jewish contribution to biblical interpretation




The Bible in literature and art




Biblical Books in Modern Interpretation



The Pentateuch Joseph Blenkinsopp



The historical books of the Old Testament Iain Provan



The prophetic books Robert R. Wilson



The poetic and wisdom books Robert Alter



The synoptic Gospels and Acts of the Apostles: telling the Christian story Pheme Perkins



John and the Johannine literature: the woman at the well John Ashton



The Pauline letters James D. G. Dunn



The non-Pauline letters Frances Young



Apocalyptic literature James VanderKam


General Index


Index of biblical references