Reading responsibly [electronic resource] : a basic guide to biblical interpretation / Tony L. Moyers.

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"Reading Responsibly: A Guide to Biblical Interpretation focuses on two key areas: methods and ethics of interpretation. The book introduces, explains, and guides students in the understanding and application of particular methods commonly used by biblical scholars in the study of the Bible. The met...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moyers, Tony L. (Author)
Other Authors: White, Robert A. (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : University Press of America, [2016]
Subjects:
Bible > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bible > Hermeneutics.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete: 2016 (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
Reading Responsibly: A Basic Guide to Biblical Interpretation
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The Bible and its interpreters
  • Understanding the Bible historically
  • A brief history of biblical times
  • Basic historical approach
  • Introduction to the historical critical methods
  • Source criticism
  • Form criticism
  • Redaction criticism
  • Sociological studies of biblical texts
  • Historical versus literary readings
  • The basic literary approach
  • Narrative criticism
  • Postmodern approaches
  • Rhetorical criticism
  • Reader response
  • Deconstruction
  • Ideological approaches
  • Theopoetics and the renewing power of metaphor / by Robert A. White
  • Reading responsibly.