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The Historical Books: Interpreting Biblical Texts Series

By Richard D. Nelson

Book information

Publisher
Abingdon Press
Year
2011
ISBN
9781426750007, 0687008433, 9780687008438, 1426750005
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
991 kB (1014649 bytes)
Series
Interpreting Biblical Texts
Pages
127\0
Time added
2023-10-30 19:33:29

Description

In The Historical Books, Richard D. Nelson introduces neophyte readers to the basic concepts of history and historical writing and provides a simple framework of events and periods that can be used to situate historical data reported in texts or presupposed by them. Standard interpretive methods are accessibly explained and illustrated by consistent reference to 2 Samuel 24. The focus of discussion moves from the narrow level of individual pericope to larger units of meaning. Because the ultimate goal is to expose the claims made on the reader by these biblical texts and to help the reader make sense of these claims, the interpretive spotlight rests on the present interaction of text and reader rather than on the past.

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