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The image, the depths, and the surface : multivalent approaches to biblical study
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ISBN: 1841272973 9781841272979 Year: 2002 Volume: 354 Publisher: London: Sheffield academic press,

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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? What cr


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Jewish and Christian approaches to the Psalms : conflict and convergence
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ISBN: 0191647101 9780191647109 9780198753650 0198753659 9780199699544 0199699542 9781299319080 1299319084 Year: 2013 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford university press,

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The Psalms have resulted in controversies between Jews and Christians over the centuries and it is only from the mid twentieth century onwards that the two traditions have worked side by side in the academy at least. This is one of the very few volumes on the psalms to incorporate scholarship from both these traditions for nearly a century, and the result is a rich celebration of these extraordinary ancient songs. This innovative essay collection draws together internationally renowned Jewish and Christian scholars of the Psalms, with one tradition responding to the other, in areas as diverse

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