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Nature of Biblical Criticism, Paperback by Barton, John, ISBN 066422587X, ISBN-13 9780664225872, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Biblical criticism faces increasing hostility on two fronts: from biblical conservatives, who claim it is inherently positivistic and religiously skeptical, and from postmodernists, who see it as driven by the falsities of objectivity and neutrality. In this magisterial overview of the key factors and developments in biblical studies, John...

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PublisherWestminster John Knox Press

ISBN-10066422587X

ISBN-139780664225872

eBay Product ID (ePID)20038449745

Product Key Features

Book TitleNature of Biblical Criticism

Number of Pages216 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBiblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics, Biblical Studies / General

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes

GenreReligion

AuthorJohn Barton

FormatPerfect

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight11.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-001537

Dewey Edition22

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal220.601

SynopsisBiblical criticism faces increasing hostility on two fronts: from biblical conservatives, who claim it is inherently positivistic and religiously skeptical, and from postmodernists, who see it as driven by the falsities of objectivity and neutrality. In this magisterial overview of the key factors and developments in biblical studies, John Barton demonstrates that these evaluations of biblical criticism fail to do justice to the work that has been done by critical scholars over many generations. Traditional biblical criticism has had as its central concern a semantic interest: a desire to establish the "plain sense" of the biblical text, which in itself requires sensitivity to many literary aspects of texts. Therefore, he argues, biblical criticism already includes many of the methodological approaches now being recommended as alternatives to it and, further, the agenda of biblical studies is far less fragmented than often thought., Biblical criticism faces increasing hostility on two fronts: from biblical conservatives, who claim it is inherently positivistic and religiously skeptical, and from postmodernists, who see it as driven by the falsities of objectivity and neutrality. In this magisterial overview of the key factors and developments in biblical studies, John...

LC Classification NumberBS511.3.B37 2007