03080nam 2200613Ia 450 991045366330332120200520144314.01-281-84192-797866118419280-567-40343-2(CKB)1000000000542195(EBL)436608(OCoLC)276348423(SSID)ssj0000117442(PQKBManifestationID)11999778(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000117442(PQKBWorkID)10049548(PQKB)10710390(MiAaPQ)EBC436608(Au-PeEL)EBL436608(CaPaEBR)ebr10250615(CaONFJC)MIL184192(OCoLC)893334299(EXLCZ)99100000000054219520020520d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCanon and exegesis[electronic resource] canonical praxis and the Sodom narrative /William John LyonsLondon ;New York Sheffield Academic Pressc20021 online resource (328 p.)Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;352Description based upon print version of record.1-84127-295-7 Includes bibliographic references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 THE HISTORY OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY AND ITS TEXT(S); Chapter 2 AN OUTLINE OF THE CANONICAL APPROACH OF BREVARD S. CHILDS; Chapter 3 THE HERMENEUTICS OF THE CANONICAL APPROACH RECONSIDERED; Chapter 4 PRELIMINARIES TO A CANONICAL EXEGESIS OF GENESIS 18-19; Chapter 5 A CANONICAL EXEGESIS OF THE 'SODOM NARRATIVE', PART 1: GENESIS 18; Chapter 6 A CANONICAL EXEGESIS OF THE 'SODOM NARRATIVE', PART 2: GENESIS 19; Conclusion: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE CANONICAL APPROACH; Select Bibliography of the Work of Brevard Springs ChildsGeneral BibliographyIndex of References; Index of AuthorsPrevious attempts to critique the canonical approach of Brevard Childs have remained largely theoretical in nature. One of the weakness of canonical criticism, then, is its failure to have generated new readings of extended biblical passages. Reviewing the hermeneutics and the praxis of Childs' approach, Lyons then turns to the Sodom narrative (Gen 18-19) as a test of a practical exegesis according to Childs' principles, and then to reflect critically upon the reading experience generated. Surprisingly, the canonical reading produced is a wholly new one, centred around the complex, irreducibleJournal for the study of the Old Testament.Supplement series ;352.HermeneuticsElectronic books.Hermeneutics.222.1106222/.1106Lyons William John979768MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453663303321Canon and exegesis2234541UNINA