Reading Other Peoples Texts (Paperback)

Ken S. Brown

ISBN 10: 056770520X / ISBN 13: 9780567705204

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Edinburgh, 2022

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Paperback. This volume draws together eleven essays by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Greco-Roman religion and early Judaism, to address the ways that conceptions of identity and otherness shape the interpretation of biblical and other religiously authoritative texts.The contributions explore how interpreters of scriptural texts regularly assume or assert an identification between their own communities and those described in the text, while ignoring the cultural, social, and religious differences between themselves and the texts earliest audiences. Comparing a range of examples, these essays address varying ways in which social identity has shaped the historical contexts, implied audiences, rhetorical shaping, redactional development, literary appropriation, and reception history of particular texts over time. Together, they open up new avenues for studying the relations between social identity, scriptural interpretation, and religious authority. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reading Other Peoples Texts (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 056770520X
• ISBN 13: 9780567705204
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This volume draws together eleven essays by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Greco-Roman religion and early Judaism, to address the ways that conceptions of identity and otherness shape the interpretation of biblical and other religiously authoritative texts. The contributions explore how interpreters of scriptural texts regularly assume or assert an identification between their own communities and those described in the text, while ignoring the cultural, social, and religious differences between themselves and the text’s earliest audiences. Comparing a range of examples, these essays address varying ways in which social identity has shaped the historical contexts, implied audiences, rhetorical shaping, redactional development, literary appropriation, and reception history of particular texts over time. Together, they open up new avenues for studying the relations between social identity, scriptural interpretation, and religious authority.

About the Authors

Ken Brown is Lecturer at Whitworth University, USA.

Laura Quick is Assistant Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at Princeton University, USA.

Alison Joseph is Senior Editor of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, USA.

Jacqueline Vayntrub is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Yale University, USA

Brennan Breed is Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, USA.