Scripture as communication :

Brown, Jeannine K., 1961-

Scripture as communication : introducing biblical hermeneutics / Jeannine K. Brown. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2007. - 315 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: Scripture as communicative act -- 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 -- 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.

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Bible--Hermeneutics.


Communication--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

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