Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical StudyOne of the most reliable and helpful books on interpretive method is now available in a new and up-to-date edition. Firmly founded in the best scholarship, John Barton's Reading the Old Testament helps students to understand both the established methods of biblical study and the newer emerging trends. |
Contents
LITERARY COMPETENCE AND GENRERECOGNITION | 8 |
LITERARY CRITICISM | 20 |
FORM CRITICISM | 30 |
ECCLESIASTES | 67 |
THE CANONICAL APPROACH | 77 |
Man in the Bible | 83 |
CANON AS CONTEXT | 89 |
STRUCTURALIST CRITICISM | 104 |
CONCLUSION | 237 |
BIBLICAL STRUCTURALISM | 242 |
NOTES | 247 |
REDACTION CRITICISM | 253 |
showed that my treatment of the Biblical Theology Movement | 257 |
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THE NEW CRITICISM | 140 |
THE TEXT ITSELF | 158 |
THE TEXT AND THE READER | 180 |
THE READER IN THE TEXT | 198 |
THEORY AND TEXTUALITY | 220 |
Naturalization and Holistic Reading | 284 |
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Common terms and phrases
analysis argue argument authorial intention B. S. Childs Barr Barthes believe biblical criticism Biblical Narrative biblical scholars biblical structuralism biblical studies biblical text canon criticism canonical approach canonical method chapter Childs's Christian cism claim classic coherent concerned context conventions convey critical theories Culler culture deconstruction Deuteronomy discussion Ecclesiastes Eliot English example exegesis fact folk-tale form criticism Genesis of Secrecy genre Hebrew historical criticism historical-critical method idea inclusio interest interpretation Israel Kermode kind linguistic literary competence literary criticism Literary Theory literature London meaning meant modern novel Old Testament Old Testament studies original passage Pentateuch perceived poem poet poetry possible post-structuralism Prophetic Psalms Qoheleth question reader reader-response criticism READING THE OLD redaction criticism redactor rhetorical criticism Scripture seems seen sense simply source criticism story structuralist structuralist approach suggest T. S. Eliot theme traditional true trying understanding verse Wimsatt wisdom words writing