The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study: v.354 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies) - Hardcover

Gillingham, Susan

 
9781841272979: The Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study: v.354 (The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1841272973 ISBN 13: 9781841272979
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2002

Synopsis

The purpose of this book is to illustrate that reading is a subjective process which results in multivalent interpretations. This is the case whether one looks at a text in its historical contexts (the diachronic approach) or its literary contexts (the synchronic approach). Three representative texts are chosen from the Law (Genesis 2-3), the Writings (Isaiah 23) and the Prophets (Amos 5), and each is read first by way of historical analysis and then by literary analysis. Each text provides a number of variant interpretations and raises the question--is any one interpretation superior? What criteria do we use to measure this? Or is there value in the complementary nature of many approaches and many results?

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About the Author

Susan Gillingham is Fellow and Tutor in Theology, Worcester College, Oxford and University Lecturer in Old Testament at Oxford University.

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Publisher
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1841272973
ISBN 13 
9781841272979
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
160