
New Meanings For Ancient Texts: Recent Approaches to Biblical Criticisms and Their Applications
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This book is a supplement and sequel to To Each Its Own Meaning , edited by Steven L. McKenzie and Stephen R. Haynes, which introduced the reader to the most important methods of biblical criticism and remains a widely used...
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This book is a supplement and sequel to To Each Its Own Meaning, edited by Steven L. McKenzie and Stephen R. Haynes, which introduced the reader to the most important methods of biblical criticism and remains a widely used classroom textbook. This new volume explores recent developments in, and approaches to, biblical criticism since 1999. Leading contributors define and describe their approach for non-specialist readers, using examples from the Old and New Testament to help illustrate their discussion. Topics include cultural criticism, disability studies, queer criticism, postmodernism, ecological criticism, new historicism, popular culture, postcolonial criticism, and psychological criticism. Each section includes a list of key terms and definitions and suggestions for further reading.
Contributors: Timothy Beal, Warren Carter, Norman C. Habel, Gina Hens-Piazza, Nyasha Junior, D. Andrew Kille, Hugh S. Pyper, Linda S. Schearing, Jeremy Schipper, Ken Stone, and Valarie H. Ziegler.
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- Catalogue Code 401987
- Product Code 9781611643480
- ISBNÂ 1611643481
- EANÂ 9781611643480
- Department Academic
- Category Scripture
- Sub-Category General
- Publisher Westminster John Knox Press
- Publication Date Aug 2013
- Sales Rank 83676
- DRMÂ Adobe
- Printable No
- Size 1.21 MB (EPUB)
John Kaltner
John Kaltner (Ph.D., Drew University, Hebrew Bible) is the Virginia Ballou McGehee Professor of Muslim-Christian Relations. He teaches courses in the Bible, Islam, and Arabic. His recent publications include The Old Testament: Its Background, Growth, and Content (with Steven L. McKenzie). Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007; What Do Our Neighbors Believe? Questions and Answers on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (with Howard Greenstein and Kendra Hotz). Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 2007; and Inspired Speech: Prophecy in the Ancient Near East. Essays in Honor of Herbert B. Huffmon. ( Edited with Louis Stulman. London: T & T Clark International, 2004.)
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Steven McKenzie
Steven L. McKenzie is Professor of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He is the author of "All God's Children: A Biblical Critique of Racism" and coeditor of "To Each Its Own Meaning: An Introduction to Biblical Criticisms and Their Application".
This book is a supplement and sequel to To Each Its Own Meaning, edited by Steven L. McKenzie and Stephen R. Haynes, which introduced the reader to the most important methods of biblical criticism and remains a widely used classroom textbook. This new volume explores recent developments in, and approaches to, biblical criticism since 1999. Leading contributors define and describe their approach for non-specialist readers, using examples from the Old and New Testament to help illustrate their discussion. Topics include cultural criticism, disability studies, queer criticism, postmodernism, ecological criticism, new historicism, popular culture, postcolonial criticism, and psychological criticism. Each section includes a list of key terms and definitions and suggestions for further reading.
Contributors: Timothy Beal, Warren Carter, Norman C. Habel, Gina Hens-Piazza, Nyasha Junior, D. Andrew Kille, Hugh S. Pyper, Linda S. Schearing, Jeremy Schipper, Ken Stone, and Valarie H. Ziegler.