Text and Psyche: Experiencing Scripture Today - Couverture rigide

Brown, Professor Of New Testament Schuyler

 
9781630510398: Text and Psyche: Experiencing Scripture Today

Synopsis

Traditional doctrinal and historical interpretation both rely heavily on rational analysis. But from the disciples at Emmaus to the beginnings of the present century, it has been the impact of scripture upon the human heart that has changed human lives. In recent decades, this impact has been strengthened by advances in linguistic and literary theory, by such disparate influences as feminism, structuralism, Jungianism, deconstructionism, the analysis of archaic imagery and myth, the recovery of Gnostic texts, and finally an openness to pluralism, whether ethnic, geographic, religious, or interpretive. All of these factors are treated here with a brevity and comprehensiveness which convincingly show that the reader of scripture has a creative and not merely passive role.

"Its strength lies in its thought-provoking rhetoric...a work worth exploring; seemingly, it has something for everyone."-Faith & Mission

"This book deftly examines historical, literary, and psychological interpretations of texts, and then sketches a 'biblical empirics' that can reaffirm the revelatory function of holy writ."-Walter Wink

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ISBN 10 :  1888602236 ISBN 13 :  9781888602234
Editeur : Chiron Publications, 2013
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