Reading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study

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Westminster John Knox Press, Jan 1, 1996 - Religion - 294 pages

One of the most reliable and helpful books on interpretive method is now available in a new and up-to-date edition. Firmly founded in the best scholarship, John Barton's Reading the Old Testament helps students to understand both the established methods of biblical study and the newer emerging trends.

 

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Contents

LITERARY COMPETENCE AND GENRERECOGNITION
8
LITERARY CRITICISM
20
FORM CRITICISM
29
The Disappearing Redactor
56
ECCLESIASTES
67
THE CANONICAL APPROACH
75
CANON AS CONTEXT
89
STRUCTURALIST CRITICISM
103
THEORY AND TEXTUALITY
220
CONCLUSION
237
BIBLICAL STRUCTURALISM
242
NOTES
247
REDACTION CRITICISM
253
showed that my treatment of the Biblical Theology Movement
257
BIBLIOGRAPHY
273
30
283

The Morphology of the Folktale
114
THE NEW CRITICISM
140
THE TEXT ITSELF
158
THE TEXT AND THE READER
180
THE READER IN THE TEXT
198
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS
286
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290
INDEX OF BIBLICAL REFERENCES
292
Copyright

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About the author (1996)

John Barton is Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture at the University of Oxford in England. His publications include The Oxford Bible Commentary, The Original Story, Understanding Old Testament Ethics (WJK), and How the Bible Came to Be (WJK).

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TitleReading the Old Testament: Method in Biblical Study
AuthorJohn Barton
Editionillustrated, revised
PublisherWestminster John Knox Press, 1996
ISBN0664257240, 9780664257248
Length294 pages
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