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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 441 pages. Unparalled in its poetry, richness, and religious and historical significance, t he Hebrew Bible has been the site and center of countless commentaries, perhaps none as unique as Thinking Biblically. This remarkable collaboration sets the words of a distinguished biblical scholar, André LaCocque, and those of a leading philosopher, Paul Ricoeur, in dialogue around six crucial passages from the Old Testament: the story of Adam and Eve; the commandment thou shalt not ki ll; the valley of dry bones passage from Ezekiel; Psalm 22; the Song of Songs; and the naming of God in Exodus 3:14. Commenting on these texts, LaCocque and Ri coeur provide a wealth of new insights into the meaning of the different genres of the Old Testament as these made their way into and were transformed by the Ne w Testament. LaCocque's commentaries employ a historical-critical metho d that takes into account archaeological, philological, and historical research. LaCocque includes in his essays historical information about the dynamic tradit ion of reading scripture, opening his exegesis to developments and enrichments s ubsequent to the production of the original literary text. Ricoeur also takes in to account the relation between the texts and the historical communities that re ad and interpreted them, but he broadens his scope to include philosophical spec ulation. His commentaries highlight the metaphorical structure of the passages a nd how they have served as catalysts for philosophical thinking from the Greeks to the modern age. This extraordinary literary and historical venture r eads the Bible through two different but complementary lenses, revealing the fam iliar texts as vibrant, philosophically consequential, and unceasingly absorbing.…