Nomadic Text - A Theory of Biblical Reception History

Brennan W. Breed is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Constitutive Divide of Reception History
1. The Miltonesque Concept of the Original Text
2. Living in Pottersville: An Alternate Approach to Textual Criticism
3. Anchor or Spandrel: The Concept of the Original Context
4. On Tigers and Cages: Re-Thinking Context
5. Mapping the Garden of Forking Paths: A Nomadic Reception History
6. Justice, Survival, Presence: Job 19:25-27
7. Trajectories of Job 19:25-27: The Example of Survival
Conclusion: Nomadology and the Future of Biblical Studies
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Brennan W. Breed

Summary

Focuses on the shifting capacities of the text, viewing it as a dynamic process instead of a static product. Rather than seeking to determine the original text and its meaning, this book proposes that scholars approach the production, transmission, and interpretation of the biblical text as interwoven elements of its overarching reception history.

Product details

• Authors: Brennan W Breed, Brennan W. Breed, Breed Brennan W
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.05.2014
• EAN: 9780253012524
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01252-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Indiana Studies in Biblical Li; Indiana Studies in Biblical Literature; Indiana Studies in Biblical Li; Biblical Literature; Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism