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Scripture as communication : introducing biblical hermeneutics / Jeannine K. Brown.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2007.Description: 315 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801027888 (pbk.)
  • 0801027888 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220.601 22
LOC classification:
  • BS476 .B68 2007
Contents:
Introduction: Scripture as communicative act -- Terminology and context for hermeneutics -- A communication model of hermeneutics -- Authors, texts, readers: historical movements and reactions -- Some affirmations about meaning from a communication model -- Developing textual meaning: implications, effects, and other ways of going "beyond" -- An invitation to active engagement: the reader and the Bible -- Genre and communication -- The language of the Bible -- The social world of the Bible -- Literary context, intertextuality, and canon -- Conceptualizing contextualization -- Contextualization: understanding Scripture incarnationally.
Item type: Books
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-303) and indexes.

Introduction: Scripture as communicative act -- Terminology and context for hermeneutics -- A communication model of hermeneutics -- Authors, texts, readers: historical movements and reactions -- Some affirmations about meaning from a communication model -- Developing textual meaning: implications, effects, and other ways of going "beyond" -- An invitation to active engagement: the reader and the Bible -- Genre and communication -- The language of the Bible -- The social world of the Bible -- Literary context, intertextuality, and canon -- Conceptualizing contextualization -- Contextualization: understanding Scripture incarnationally.