Rethinking contexts, rereading texts : contributions from the social sciences to biblical interpretation /

Rethinking contexts, rereading texts : contributions from the social sciences to biblical interpretation / edited by M. Daniel Carroll R. - Sheffield : Shefflield Academic, c2000. - 273 p. ; 24 cm. - Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement series ; 299 .

Includes indexes.

Introduction : issues of "context" within social science approaches to biblical studies / M. Daniel Carroll R. -- The potential of the negative : approaching the Old Testament through the work of Adorno / John W. Rogerson -- Reading the Bible in the context of methodological pluralism : the undermining of ethnic exclusivism in Genesis / Mark G. Brett -- Gauging the grain in a more nuanced and literary manner : a cautionary tale concerning the contribution of the social sciences to biblical interpretation / Gerald O. West -- A map of ideology for Biblical critics ; Ezra 2 in ideological critical perspective / Jonathan E. Dyck -- Re-examining "popular religion" : issues of definition and sources. Insights from interpretive anthropology ; "For so you love to do" : probing popular religion in the Book of Amos / M. Daniel Carroll R. -- Dialect and register in the Greek of the New Testament : theory ; Register in the Greek of the New Testament : application with reference to Mark's Gospel / Stanley E. Porter.

9781841270586


Bible--Criticism, interpretation etc.
Bible.--O.T.--Social scientific criticism.
Bible.--O.T.--Criticism, interpretation etc.


Sociology, Biblical.

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