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Symposia: Dialogues Concerning the History of Biblical Interpretation (BibleWorld) - Softcover

Book 13 of 42: BibleWorld

Boer, Roland

 
9781845531027: Symposia: Dialogues Concerning the History of Biblical Interpretation (BibleWorld)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1845531027 ISBN 13: 9781845531027
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

'Symposia' illuminates the central issues and concerns of biblical studies by presenting a series of stories. The model for the stories is the ancient Greek idea of the symposium, a 'sitting down together for the purpose of drinking'. In Plato's writings, the symposium becomes a genre of writing with Socrates at its centre, a character who perpetually questions in order to develop the pursuit of knowledge. Some of the most influential figures in the history of biblical studies - Julius Wellhausen, Hermann Gunkel, Martin Noth, Brevard Childs, Norman Gottwald, Phyllis Trible, and the Bible and Culture Collective - become the central characters in these stories. Each aims to voice their central arguments, to highlight and confront the key challenges they see and, of course, to dispute the positions of others.

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About the Author

Roland Boer, Monash University, Australia

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1845531027
ISBN 13 
9781845531027
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
168