Criticism Interpretation category: 2013 books
by George A. Kennedy
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
New Testament Interpretation through Rhetorical Criticism provides readers of the Bible with an important tool for understanding the Scriptures. Based on the theory and practice of Greek rhetoric in the New Testament, George Kennedy's approach acknowledges that New Testament writers wrote to persuade...
BIBLICAL CRITICISM
What are Some Outstanding Weaknesses of Modern Historical Criticism?
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2017
Historical Criticism of the Bible got started in earnest, known then as Higher Criticism, during the 18th and 19th centuries, it is also known as the Historical-Critical Method of biblical interpretation. Are there any weakness to the Historical-Critical Method of biblical interpretation (Historical...
A Brief History of Old Testament Criticism
From Benedict Spinoza to Brevard Childs
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Old Testament interpretation developed as theologians and scholars proposed critical theories over time. These figures contributed to a large, developing complex of ideas and trends that serves as the foundation of contemporary discussions on interpretation. Mark Gignilliat brings these figures and...
Listening to the Bible
The Art of Faithful Biblical Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The disengagement of recent academic biblical study from church and synagogue has been widely noted, even by those within the discipline. In Listening to the Bible Christopher Bryan addresses scholars and students who would like to pursue biblical studies in relation to the practice and mission of...
Tribals, Empire and God
A Tribal Reading of the Birth of Jesus in Matthew's Gospel
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Tribal biblical interpretation is a developing area of study that is concerned with reading the Bible through the eyes of tribal people. While many studies of reading the Bible from the reader's social, cultural and historical location have been made in various parts of the world, no thorough study...
by Stanley E. Porter
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
by Peter S. Perry
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
In this volume, Peter S. Perry describes what performance criticism is and shows its application to biblical studies and theology. He draws on the best thinkers and practitioners in this field as well as his own experience to show how performance criticism can open up the meaning of and appreciation...
by R. C. H. Lenski
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2017
Luther regarded Acts as a beautiful mirror in which one beholds the truth: Sola fides justificat. The fathers likewise admired the contents of the book, noting the great variety of subjects and the immense value of each: the great testimony in regard to the apostolic doctrine and the church; the fundamental...
The Erotic Life of Manuscripts
New Testament Textual Criticism and the Biological Sciences
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
Since the New Testament's inception as written text, its manuscripts have been subject to all the dangers of history: scribal error, emendation, injury, and total destruction. The traditional goal of modern textual criticism has been to reconstruct an "original text" from surviving manuscripts, adjudicating...
by Roland Boer
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2014
The only large-scale critical introduction to Western Marxism for biblical criticism. Roland Boer introduces the core concepts of major figures in the tradition, specifically Althusser, Gramsci, Deleuze and Guattari, Eagleton, Lefebvre, Lukács, Adorno, Bloch, Negri, Jameson, and Jameson. Throughout,...
Soundings in Cultural Criticism
Perspectives and Methods in Culture, Power, and Identity in the New Testament
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2013
A number of disciplines aligned under “cultural criticism” have changed the shape of contemporary biblical studies not only by offering new methods but by questioning old goals and proposing new ones. Soundings in Cultural Criticism offers a collection of succinct essays in these fields by some...
Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
3rd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2017
Introduction to Biblical Interpretation, now in its third edition, is a classic hermeneutics textbook that sets forth concise, logical, and practical guidelines for discovering the truth in God’s Word. With updates and revisions throughout that keep pace with current scholarship, this book offers...
by Jetze Touber
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2018
Spinoza and Biblical Philology in the Dutch Republic, 1660-1710 investigates the biblical criticism of Spinoza from the perspective of the Dutch Reformed society in which the philosopher lived and worked. It focuses on philological investigation of the Bible: its words, language, and the historical...
Introduction to Biblical Interpretation Workbook
Study Questions, Practical Exercises, and Lab Reports
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
This workbook accompanies the third edition of Introduction to Biblical Interpretation by William W. Klein, Craig L. Blomberg, and Robert L. Hubbard Jr. Following the textbook’s structure, it offers readings, activities, and exercises designed to teach students how to understand and apply the Bible.
This...