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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782262503321

Autore

Gillingham S. E (Susan E.)

Titolo

The image, the depths, and the surface [[electronic resource] ] : multivalent approaches to biblical study / / Susan E. Gillingham

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Sheffield Academic Press, 2002

ISBN

1-281-84193-5

9786611841935

0-567-13421-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 354

Disciplina

221.6

Soggetti

Theology, Doctrinal

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2 IN AND OUT OF THE GARDEN: MULTIVALENT READINGS IN GENESIS 2-3; Chapter 3 IN AND OUT OF THE SHEEPFOLD: MULTIVALENT READINGS IN PSALM 23; Chapter 4 IN AND OUT OF THE LAWCOURTS: MULTIVALENT READINGS IN AMOS; Chapter 5 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The purpose of this book is to illustrate that reading is a subjective process which results in multivalent interpretations. This is the case whether one looks at a text in its historical contexts (the diachronic approach) or its literary contexts (the synchronic approach). Three representative texts are chosen from the Law (Genesis 2-3), the Writings (Isaiah 23) and the Prophets (Amos 5), and each is read first by way of historical analysis and then by literary analysis. Each text provides a number of variant interpretations and raises the question--is any one interpretation superior?