Scripture as Communication Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics

Name: Scripture as Communication Introducing Biblical Hermeneutics
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ISBN: 9780801027888

ISBN-10: 0801027888

ISBN-13: 9780801027888

Edition: 2007

Authors: Jeannine K. Brown

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Is the Bible just a book of ancient Israelite and Christian history and practices to be read? Or are we engaging in a more interactive practice when we study God's word? Jeannine K. Brown believes that communication is at the heart of what we do when we open the Bible, that we are actively engaging God in a conversation that can be life changing. By learning about how Scripture communicates, modern readers can extract much more meaning out of the text than they could if simply reading the Bible as though it was a list of rules or a collection of stories. In Scripture as Communication, Brown offers professors, students, church leaders, and laity a basic guide to the theory and practice of…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 3/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Scripture as Communicative Act



Theoretical Perspectives on Scripture as Communication



Terminology and Context for Hermeneutics



A Communication Model of Hermeneutics



Authors, Texts, Readers: Historical Movements and Reactions



Some Affirmations about Meaning from a Communication Model



Developing Textual Meaning: Implications, Effects, and Other Ways of Going "Beyond"



An Invitation to Active Engagement: The Reader and the Bible



Practical Guidance for Interpreting Scripture as Communication



Genre and Communication



The Language of the Bible



The Social World of the Bible



Literary Context, Intertextuality, and Canon



Conceptualizing Contextualization



Contextualization: Understanding Scripture Incarnationally



Exegesis Guidelines



Historical Criticism



Parallelism in Hebrew Poetry



Epistles: Following an Author's Flow of Thought



How to Go about Topical Studies


Bibliography


Subject Index


Scripture Index