Biblical criticism : a guide for the perplexed / Eryl W. Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Eryl W., author.

Series:

Guides for the perplexed.

Guides for the perplexed

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Place of Publication:

London New York Bloomsbury 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This Guide for the Perplexed will demonstrate how modern biblical scholars have expressed dissatisfaction with a one-sided historical-critical approach to biblical texts and have argued that developments in secular literary theory should be applied in biblical studies. Whereas the historical-critical approach was concerned with the moment of a text's production (authorship, date, place of writing etc), the literary approach is concerned with the moment of the text's reception. Eryl W. Davies shows how and why approaches such as 'reader-response criticism', 'feminist criticism', 'ideological criticism', 'canonical criticism' and 'post-colonial criticism' are now becoming more popular in many quarters. The volume explains to the uninitiated in a readable and accessible form how strategies originally derived from secular literary criticism have been adopted by biblical scholars in order to understand the text of Scripture and to appreciate its relevance."--Bloomsbury Publishing

This Guide for the Perplexed will demonstrate how modern biblical scholars have expressed dissatisfaction with a one-sided historical-critical approach to biblical texts and have argued that developments in secular literary theory should be applied in biblical studies. Whereas the historical-critical approach was concerned with the moment of a text's production (authorship, date, place of writing etc), the literary approach is concerned with the moment of the text's reception. Eryl W. Davies shows how and why approaches such as 'reader-response criticism', 'feminist criticism', 'ideological criticism', 'canonical criticism' and 'post-colonial criticism' are now becoming more popular in many quarters. The volume explains to the uninitiated in a readable and accessible form how strategies originally derived from secular literary criticism have been adopted by biblical scholars in order to understand the text of Scripture and to appreciate its relevance.

Contents:

Reader-Response Criticism

Feminist Biblical Criticism

Ideological Criticism

Canonical Criticism

Post-colonial Criticism

Conclusion

Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

ISBN:

9781472550309

1472550307

9780567037930

0567037932

9780567331915

0567331911

OCLC:

861538327