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Interpreting the Bible : approaching the text in preparation for preaching / Mary F. Foskett. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Elements of preachingPublication details: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, (c)2009.Description: ix, 83 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780800663544
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS476.F749.I584 2009
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Contents:
Ethics and the three worlds of the Bible -- Biblical interpretation for preaching -- Bringing the text into view -- Beginning a close reading of the text -- Shifting to a wide-angle lens -- Case study: Luke 7:36-50 -- Who's reading and whose reading? -- The reading community -- The congregational community -- Religious experience, biblical authority, and the congregation -- Case study: Luke 7:36-50 -- The living Word -- Engaging the text in historical context -- The challenge of historical distance -- History and the ethics of biblical interpretation -- Reading in a stream of history -- Examining the historical and social contexts of the Bible -- Exploring the historical world of the text -- Case study: Luke 7:36-50 -- When worlds collide : reading against the grain of the text -- Contextual criticism -- Feminist criticism -- Postcolonial interpretation -- Reading with resistance -- Case study: Luke 7:36-50 -- Conclusion: Discerning the transforming Word -- Toward interpretation -- Discerning the Word -- Case study: Luke 7:36-50.
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What is exegesis? -- The three worlds of the Bible -- Ethics and the three worlds of the Bible -- Biblical interpretation for preaching -- Bringing the text into view -- Beginning a close reading of the text -- Shifting to a wide-angle lens -- Case study: Luke 7:36-50 -- Who's reading and whose reading? -- The reading community -- The congregational community -- Religious experience, biblical authority, and the congregation -- Case study: Luke 7:36-50 -- The living Word -- Engaging the text in historical context -- The challenge of historical distance -- History and the ethics of biblical interpretation -- Reading in a stream of history -- Examining the historical and social contexts of the Bible -- Exploring the historical world of the text -- Case study: Luke 7:36-50 -- When worlds collide : reading against the grain of the text -- Contextual criticism -- Feminist criticism -- Postcolonial interpretation -- Reading with resistance -- Case study: Luke 7:36-50 -- Conclusion: Discerning the transforming Word -- Toward interpretation -- Discerning the Word -- Case study: Luke 7:36-50.

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