Exegesis and History of Reception : Reading the New Testament Today with the Readers of the Past.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burnet, Régis.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament ; v.455

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages).

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Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover

Title

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1: Exegesis: A Field Going From Rupture to Rupture

I. The Critical Turn: The Figure of the Objective Reader

1. A Rupture Made of Ruptures

2. Thinking against Tradition

II. The Linguistic Turn: The Figure of the Reader Witnessing Himself Reading

III. The Postmodern Turn: The Figure of the Subjective Reader

IV. Illustration: History of the Interpretation of the Character of Judas

1. Judas in the Tradition: The Guilty Apostle

2. Judas in the Historical Turn: A Human Judas

3. The Narrative Figure: An "Extra" in the Story

4. Judas in Postmodernity

V. Summary and Question

Chapter 2: The Tabula Rasa Illusion

I. The Double Illusion of the Tabula Rasa

1. Illusion about the Newness of Accepted Ideas

2. Illusion about the Antiquity of Rejected Ideas

II. Tipping Points Are Not Where You Expect Them

1. Conceptual Definition: What is a "Tipping Point?"

2. First Test Case: Mary Magdalene

2.1. The Traditional Figure

2.2. Three Tipping Points for Three Deconstructions

3. Second Test Case: Bathsheba

3.1. Save the King at All Costs

3.2. Putting an End to the Woman-Object Prejudice

III. Summary and Implications

Chapter 3: What Does "Reading with Tradition" Mean?

I. A Part of the Hermeneutical Philosophy

1. The Historicity of Understanding

2. A Series of Operational Concepts

II. A Well-Known Undertaking in Biblical Studies

1. Taking the Wirkungsgeschichte into Account

2. Uses and Misuses of Wirkungsgeschichte

III. Proposal: Reading the Bible with the Readers of the Past

1. Conceptual Definition: Tradition

2. Why Read the New Testament with Tradition?

Chapter 4: Reading with Tradition to Be Aware of Prejudices

I. The Book Burning of Ephesus

1. Dismantling the Prejudice of the Fight Against Pagan Magic

2. Offering an Alternative Reading

II. Doubting Thomas

1. The "Doubt" of Saint Thomas as Prejudice

2. A Prejudice Based on a Long Tradition ...

3. ... But that Fails to Do Justice to the Complexity of the Text

4. Seizing a Receding Body

III. Summary

Chapter 5: Tradition and the Historical-Critical Method

I. Textual Criticism: The Example of Lebbaeus

1. How Science Can Make a Name Disappear

2. Were Modern Scholars Right to Get Rid of Lebbaeus?

3. Is It Possible to Choose Between Thaddeus and Lebbaeus?

II. Historical Criticism: The Author of the "Note to the Hebrews"

1. Hebrews 13:19.22-25 Is a Separate Unit

2. The Goals of the Final Addition

3. Dating the Letter Ending Thanks to Its Reception

III. Engaging in Contemporary Debates: Gamaliel and the Parting of the Ways

1. Gamaliel, a Well-Known Pharisee

1.1. The Rabbinic Reception of a Pharisee From Before 70

1.2. The First Christian Reception of a Pharisee

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

2. How Long can Christians Speak Favourably of a Jew?

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Print version: Burnet, Régis Exegesis and History of Reception

ISBN:

3161596544

9783161596544

Publisher Number:

99987361924

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