Mary E. Mills

Reading Ecclesiastes

A Literary and Cultural Exegesis

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reading Ecclesiastes explores the literary style and themes of the Book of Ecclesiastes, investigating its overall theological messages and the cultural perspectives which readers bring to bear on their act of reading. Examining the meaning found in Ecclesiastes through the use of two important contemporary reading methods - narrative criticism and cultural exegesis - Mary E. Mills breaks new ground. Highlighting the range of theological meaning attached to the book of Ecclesiastes as a result of treating the text as a form of narrative and a story told in the first person, this innovative book will appeal to all those interested in narrative criticism, literary studies and interpretation and Wisdom tradition and the ancient world more widely, as well as biblical scholars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781138258143
• ISBN-10: 1138258148
• Artikelnr.: 57049590

Autorenporträt

Mary E. Mills

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface
Preamble: The exercise of biblical imagination
The person and the world
Narrative Criticism: Narrative fiction as social commentary
Narrator as character
Story as social discourse
Narrative and Culture: Readers as selves and the exploration of social worlds
Cultural exegesis and the language of selves
Cultural Exegesis: Ecclesiastes as provider of religio-cultural boundaries
Ecclesiastes and the critique of religious values
Ecclesiastes and religio-cultural alterity
Sequel: The interpretation of selves
The art of biblical imagination
Bibliography
Index.