The Bible as literature: whose literature?

The author discusses the role of cultural information in biblical interpretation. Criticising the 'Bible as literature movement' for not taking sufficient cognisance of the cultural facet of 'synchronic' interpretation, he illustrates the difference cultural information may make...

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Main Author: Deist, Ferdinand 1944-1997 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 1994
In: Old Testament essays
Year: 1994, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 327-342
Further subjects:B 'Real' meaning of texts
B Social Values
B Cultural information
B Ideology
B Cognitive anthropologists
B Cosmology
B Synchronic interpretation
B 'Bible as literature movement'
B Biblical Interpretation
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Summary:The author discusses the role of cultural information in biblical interpretation. Criticising the 'Bible as literature movement' for not taking sufficient cognisance of the cultural facet of 'synchronic' interpretation, he illustrates the difference cultural information may make to interpretation
ISSN:2312-3621
Contains:Enthalten in: Old Testament essays
Persistent identifiers:HDL: 10520/AJA10109919_527