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Biblical Criticism In Crisis?

The Impact of the Canonical Approach on Old Testament Studies

by Mark G. Brett

  • Hardback
  • 252 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

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This book suggests that Old Testament scholars should strengthen their growing links with neighbouring academic disciplines and encourage a number of interpretative interests within biblical studies. Given such a pluralistic context, the author's contention is that the 'canonical' approach to Old Testament study will have a distinctive contribution to make to the discipline without necessarily displacing other traditions of historical and literary inquiry, as many scholars have assumed. Dr Brett offers a comprehensive critique of the canonical approach as developed by Brevard Childs, and examines the development of Childs's exegetical practice, his hermeneutical theory, and the many critical responses which his work has elicited. In responding to these criticisms, the author examines the most problematic aspects of the canonical approach (notably Childs's inadequate reply to those who emphasize the ideological conflicts that lie behind biblical texts in their final form) and seeks to reconstruct the approach in light of contemporary discussions of interpretation in literary theory and the social sciences.
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  • Author

    Mark G. Brett

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    April 1991

  • Weight

    468g

  • Page Count

    252

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780521401197

  • ISBN-10

    0521401194

  • Eden Code

    1007536

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