Canon and exegesis : canonical praxis and the Sodom narrative / William John Lyons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyons, William John.

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 352.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 352

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hermeneutics.

Bible. O.T. Genesis XVIII-XX--Canonical criticism.

Bible.

Bible--Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Previous attempts to critique the canonical approach of Brevard Childs have remained largely theoretical in nature. One of the weakness of canonical criticism, then, is its failure to have generated new readings of extended biblical passages. Reviewing the hermeneutics and the praxis of Childs' approach, Lyons then turns to the Sodom narrative (Gen 18-19) as a test of a practical exegesis according to Childs' principles, and then to reflect critically upon the reading experience generated. Surprisingly, the canonical reading produced is a wholly new one, centred around the complex, irreducible

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE HISTORY OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY AND ITS TEXT(S); Chapter 2 AN OUTLINE OF THE CANONICAL APPROACH OF BREVARD S. CHILDS; Chapter 3 THE HERMENEUTICS OF THE CANONICAL APPROACH RECONSIDERED; Chapter 4 PRELIMINARIES TO A CANONICAL EXEGESIS OF GENESIS 18-19; Chapter 5 A CANONICAL EXEGESIS OF THE 'SODOM NARRATIVE', PART 1: GENESIS 18; Chapter 6 A CANONICAL EXEGESIS OF THE 'SODOM NARRATIVE', PART 2: GENESIS 19; Conclusion: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE CANONICAL APPROACH; Select Bibliography of the Work of Brevard Springs Childs

General BibliographyIndex of References; Index of Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

9786611841928

9781281841926

1281841927

9780567403438

0567403432

OCLC:

276348423