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Symposia : Dialogues Concerning the History of Biblical Interpretation

By Roland Boer

Book information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Year
2014
ISBN
9781317491309, 9781845531010
LCC
BS500 -- .B59 2007eb
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2239164 bytes)
Series
BibleWorld Ser.
Pages
168\0
Time added
2023-08-07 09:11:44
Bible -- Criticismetc. -- History. ; Theology.interpretation

Description

'Symposia' illuminates the central issues and concerns of biblical studies by presenting a series of stories. The model for the stories is the ancient Greek idea of the symposium, a 'sitting down together for the purpose of drinking'. In Plato's writings, the symposium becomes a genre of writing with Socrates at its centre, a character who perpetually questions in order to develop the pursuit of knowledge. Some of the most influential figures in the history of biblical studies - Julius Wellhausen, Hermann Gunkel, Martin Noth, Brevard Childs, Norman Gottwald, Phyllis Trible, and the Bible and Culture Collective - become the central characters in these stories. Each aims to voice their central arguments, to highlight and confront the key challenges they see and, of course, to dispute the positions of others.

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