Bible after Babel Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age

Name: Bible after Babel Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age
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ISBN: 9780802828927

ISBN-10: 0802828922

ISBN-13: 9780802828927

Edition: 2005

Authors: John J. Collins

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Biblical scholars today often sound as if they are caught in the aftermath of Babel -- a clamor of voices unable to reach common agreement. But is this necessarily a bad thing? Many postmodern critics hear the confusion of critical languages as a welcome opportunity for diverse new approaches. In "The Bible After Babel," noted biblical scholar John J. Collins considers the effect of the postmodern situation on biblical, primarily Old Testament, criticism over the last three decades. Engaging and even-handed, Collins begins by examining the quest of historical criticism to objectively establish a text's basic meaning. He goes on to deftly review the alternative methods of postmodern…

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List price: $24.50
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Publication date: 11/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 211
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.48" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Donald Senior , C.P., is President and Professor of New Testament at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. John J. Collins , Ph.D., is Holmes Professor of Old Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale University. He is currently serving as president of the Society of Biblical Literature.



Preface


Abbreviations



Historical Criticism and Its Postmodern Critics



The Crisis in Historiography



Exodus and Liberation in Postcolonial Perspective



The Impact of Feminist and Gender Studies



Israelite Religion: The Return of the Goddess



Is a Postmodern Biblical Theology Possible?


Bibliography


Index of Names


Index of Ancient Literature