The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0199204543 ISBN 13: 9780199204540

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2011

Riassunto

In recent decades, reception history has become an increasingly important and controversial topic of discussion in biblical studies. Rather than attempting to recover the original meaning of biblical texts, reception history focuses on exploring the history of interpretation. In doing so it locates the dominant historical-critical scholarly paradigm within the history of interpretation, rather than over and above it. At the same time, the breadth of material and hermeneutical issues that reception history engages with questions any narrow understanding of the history of the Bible and its effects on faith communities.

The challenge that reception history faces is to explore tradition without either reducing its meaning to what faith communities think is important, or merely offering anthologies of interesting historical interpretations. This major new handbook addresses these matters by presenting reception history as an enterprise (not a method) that questions and understands tradition afresh.

The Oxford Handbook of the Reception History of the Bible consciously allows for the interplay of the traditional and the new through a two-part structure. Part I comprises a set of essays surveying the outline, form, and content of twelve key biblical books that have been influential in the history of interpretation. Part II offers a series of in-depth case studies of the interpretation of particular key biblical passages or books with due regard for the specificity of their social, cultural or aesthetic context.

These case studies span two millennia of interpretation by readers with widely differing perspectives. Some are at the level of a group response (from Gnostic readings of Genesis, to Post-Holocaust Jewish interpretations of Job); others examine individual approaches to texts (such as Augustine and Pelagius on Romans, or Gandhi on the Sermon on the Mount). Several chapters examine historical moments, such as the 1860 debate over Genesis and evolution, while others look to wider themes such as non-violence or millenarianism. Further chapters study in detail the works of popular figures who have used the Bible to provide inspiration for their creativity, from Dante and Handel, to Bob Dylan and Dan Brown.

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Recensione

an important, valuable contribution to its subject (Eric Ziolkowski, Relegere: Studies in Religion and Reception)

a rich collection of different and often very valuable materials on the reception history of the Bible. Among the articles some are real treasures (Ulrich Luz, Journal of Theological Studies)

This volume is most certainly timely and highly pertinent to recent developments within biblical studies ... a welcome addition (R. I. Kueh, Journal of Ecclesiastical History)

Contenuti

• Jonathan Roberts: Introduction
• Part One
• 1: Rachel Havrelock: Genesis
• 2: John F. A. Sawyer: Job
• 3: Katherine Dell: Psalms
• 4: John F. A. Sawyer: Isaiah
• 5: Paul Joyce: Ezekiel
• 6: John J. Collins: Daniel
• 7: David M. Gunn: Judges
• 8: Catrin H. Williams: Gospel of John
• 9: Guy J. Williams: Romans
• 10: Judith Kovacs: Corinthians
• 11: John Riches: Galatians
• 12: Christopher Rowland: Revelation
• Part Two
• Hermeneutical and Historical Issues
• 13: Albert C. Labriola: The Bible and Iconography
• 14: David J. Clark: Linguistic and Cultural Influences on Interpretation in Translations of the Bible
• 15: Mary Carruthers: Memory, Imagination, and the Interpretation of Scripture in the Middle Ages
• 16: Peter Clarke: Bible and Millenarianism
• 17: Richard Harries: Non Retaliation and Military Force
• 18: Tobias Nicklas: The Bible and Anti-Semitism
• 19: Piero Boitani: Dante and the Bible
• 20: John Butt: George Friedric Handel and the Messiah
• 21: Ann Loades: Elizabeth Cady Stanton's The Women's Bible
• 22: Atsuhiro Asano: Uchimura and the Bible in Japan
• 23: Carol Crown: One Bible, Two Preachers: Patchwork Sermons and Sacred Art in the American South
• 24: Michael J. Gilmour: Bob Dylan's Bible
• 25: Robin Griffith-Jones: From John's Gospel to Dan Brown: The Magdalene Code
• Hebrew Bible
• 26: Ismo Dunderberg: Gnostic Interpretations of Genesis
• 27: John Hedley Brooke: Samuel Wilberforce, Thomas Huxley, and Genesis
• 28: Jay Emerson Johnson: Sodomy and Gendered Love: Reading Genesis 19 in the Anglican Communion
• 29: Scott Langston: Exodus in Early Twentieth Century America: Charles Reynolds Brown and Lawrence Langner
• 30: Paulo Nogueira: The Use of Exodus by the Africaanas and Liberation Theologians
• 31: Emma Mason: Elihu's Spiritual Sensation: William Blake's Illustrations to the Book of Job
• 32: Michael Lieb: Ezekiel 1 and the Nation of Islam
• 33: Isabel Wollaston: Post-Holocaust Jewish Interpretations of Job
• 34: Kenneth G. C. Newport: Seventh Day Adventists, Daniel, and Revelation
• 35: Jo Carruthers: Esther and Hitler: A Second Triumphant Purim
• New Testament
• 36: George Pattison: Kierkegaard on the Lilies and the Birds: Matthew 6
• 37: Jeremy Holtom: Ghandi's Interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount
• 38: Brad Braxton: Preaching, Politics, and Paul in Contemporary African American Christianity
• 39: Zoë Bennett: Ruskin, the Bible, and the Death of Rose La Touche
• 40: Tim Gorringe: Karl Barth on Romans
• 41: Mark Edwards: Augustine and Pelagius on the Epistle to the Romans
• 42: Peter Matheson: Luther on Galatians
• 43: Gordon Allan: Joanna Southcott: Enacting the Woman Clothed with the Sun
• 44: Valentine Cunningham: Bible Reading and/after Theory

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0199204543
• ISBN 13: 9780199204540
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 742
• Redattore: Lieb Michael, Mason Emma, Roberts Jonathan
• Contatto del produttore: Oxford University Press; https://corp.oup.com/; ; WMF Platz 1; Geislingen/Steige; Baden-W?rttemberg; 73312; Germania