Scripture as Social Discourse (Paperback)

Dr Todd Klutz

ISBN 10: 0567692906 / ISBN 13: 9780567692900

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Edinburgh, 2019

About this Item

Paperback. Throughout the last several decades professional biblical scholars have adapted concepts and theories from the social sciences particularly social and cultural anthropology in order to cast new light on ancient biblical writings, early Jewish and Christian texts that circulated with the Scriptures, and the various contexts in which these literatures were produced and first received. The present volume of essays draws much of its inspiration from that same development in the history of biblical research, while also offering insights from other, newer approaches to interpretation.The contributors to this volume explore a wide range of broadly social-scientific disciplines and discourses cultural anthropology, sociology, archaeology, political science, the New Historicism, forced migration studies, gender studies and provide multiple examples of the ways in which these diverse methods and theories can shed new and often fascinating light on the ancient texts. The fruit of scholarly work that is both international in flavour and truly collaborative, this volume provides fresh perspectives not only on familiar portions of Jewish and Christian Scripture but also on select passages from the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi library and previously untranslated French texts. 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: Scripture as Social Discourse (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Edinburgh
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567692906
• ISBN 13: 9780567692900
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Throughout the last several decades professional biblical scholars have adapted concepts and theories from the social sciences – particularly social and cultural anthropology – in order to cast new light on ancient biblical writings, early Jewish and Christian texts that circulated with the Scriptures, and the various contexts in which these literatures were produced and first received. The present volume of essays draws much of its inspiration from that same development in the history of biblical research, while also offering insights from other, newer approaches to interpretation.

The contributors to this volume explore a wide range of broadly social-scientific disciplines and discourses – cultural anthropology, sociology, archaeology, political science, the New Historicism, forced migration studies, gender studies – and provide multiple examples of the ways in which these diverse methods and theories can shed new and often fascinating light on the ancient texts. The fruit of scholarly work that is both international in flavour and truly collaborative, this volume provides fresh perspectives not only on familiar portions of Jewish and Christian Scripture but also on select passages from the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi library and previously untranslated French texts.

About the Authors

Todd Klutz is Lecturer in New Testament Studies at the University of Manchester. He is the author of Rewriting the Testament of Solomon: Tradition, Conflict, and Identity in a Late Antique Pseudepigraphon (2005), the editor of Magic in the Biblical World (2003), and the translator of the recently published translation of the Eighth Book of Moses (2013).

Casey Strine is Lecturer in Ancient Near Eastern History and Literatureat the University of Sheffield, UK.

Jessica M. Keady is Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at theUniversity of Wales, Trinity Saint David, UK