Alissa Jones Nelson

Power and Responsibility in Biblical Interpretation

Reading the Book of Job with Edward Said

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

'Power and Responsibility in Biblical Interpretation' addresses the interpretive challenges now facing much biblical interpretation

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 154mm x 241mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 566g
• ISBN-13: 9781845538897
• ISBN-10: 1845538897
• Artikelnr.: 29942987

Autorenporträt

Alissa Jones Nelson completed her doctorate at the University of St Andrews in 2009. Her recent publications focus on the intersections of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and contemporary socio-political issues such as globalization, pedagogy and sexuality as well as the use of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament in popular culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part 1; Chapter 1 A Brief Introduction to Edward W. Said: A
Review of Said's Concepts of Subjectivity, Power, Intellectual
Responsibility, and the Secular; Chapter 2 Reading Contrapuntally: Adapting
Said's Concept of Contrapuntal Reading to the Field of Biblical
Hermeneutics; Chapter 3 Attempting to Bridge the Gap: A Review of
Contemporary Efforts to Integrate Academic and Vernacular Voices in
Biblical Hermeneutics; Part 2 Interlude: Why Job?; Chapter 4 A Joban Fugue:
Addressing the Issue of Suffering in the Book of Job with Gerhard Von Rad
and Gustavo Gutiérrez; Chapter 5 Psychology, Physiology, Society, and
Spirituality: Interpreting Job with Insight from Psychological and
HIV-Positive Perspectives; Chapter 6 The Integration of Chaos and Order:
Exploring Asian Interpretations of the Book of Job; conclusion; Conclusion;