A handbook to Old Testament exegesis / William P. Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, William P., 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Hermeneutics.

Bible.

Physical Description:

Online Resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2017]

Summary:

Designed for both Hebrew and non-Hebrew students, A Handbook to Old Testament Exegesis offers a fresh, hands-on introduction to exegesis of the Old Testament. William P. Brown begins not with the biblical text itself but with the reader, helping students to identify their own interpretive lenses before engaging the biblical text. Brown guides the student through a wide variety of interpretive approaches, including modern methodologiesâ€'feminist, womanist, Latino/a, queer, postcolonial, disability, and ecological approachesâ€'alongside more traditional methods. This allows students to critically reflect on themselves as bona fide interpreters. While covering a wide range of biblical passages, Brown also highlights two common biblical texts throughout the work to help show how each interpretive approach highlights different dimensions of the same texts. Students will appreciate the value of an empathetic inquiry of Scripture that is both inclusive of others and textually in-depth.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Getting Started

1. A Hermeneutical Adventure

2. Self-Exegesis

3. First Impressions

Part II: Analytical Approaches

4. Translation

5. Text-Critical Analysis

6. Stylistic Analysis I: Poetry

7. Stylistic Analysis II: Narrative

8. Structural Analysis

9. Compositional Analysis

10. Comparative Analysis

11. Literary Analysis

12. Historical Analysis

13. Canonical Analysis

Interlude

14. From Text to Table

Part III: Readings in Place

15. Science

16. Ecology

17. Gender I

18. Gender II

19. Empire

20. Minority

21. Disability

22. Theology

Part IV: Communication

23. Retelling the Text

A Glossary of Exegetical Terms

Index of Scripture and Other Ancient Sources

Index of Subjects and Names

Excerpt from New Meanings for Ancient Texts, edited by Steven L. McKenzie and John Kaltner.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611647990

1611647991

OCLC:

1127920961