The Image, the Depths and the Surface - Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study

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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• Authors: S. E. Gillingham, Susan Gillingham, Susan E. Gillingham, Gillingham Susan
• Assisted by: Claudia V. Camp (Editor), Andrew Mein (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2002
• EAN: 9781841272979
• ISBN: 978-1-84127-297-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Journal for the Study of the N; Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Te; Journal for the Study of the N; The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Israel, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, HISTORY / Middle East / Israel & Palestine, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Hebrew, Bible readings, selections and meditations, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval