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The Material Culture of the Bible: An Introduction

By Robert P. Carroll , Ferdinand E. Deist

Book information

Publisher
Sheffield Academic Press
Year
2002
ISBN
1841270989, 9781841270982
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19911149 bytes)
Series
Biblical Seminar 70
Pages
352\354
Topic
History
DPI
200
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2014-03-25 15:37:52

Description

Scholarly discussions of biblical interpretation often ignore the fact that language and literature form an integral part of a people's culture, that interpretation therefore implies the total cultural system of the relevant literature, and that biblical interpretation consequently implies inter-cultural communication. This book explores the theoretical and practical implications of this observation from a cultural anthropological perspective, looks at recent anthropological studies of ancient Israelite society, supplies practical examples of a cultural interpretation of ancient Hebrew narratives, and discusses the impact of the notions 'cultural relativity' and 'inter-cultural communication' for biblical interpretation.

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