TY - BOOK AU - Watson,Francis TI - The Open text: new directions for biblical studies? SN - 9780334022275 AV - BS476 PY - 1993/// CY - London PB - South CarolinaM Press KW - Bible KW - Hermeneutics N1 - "All but one of the papers in this collection originated in a conference on 'New directions for Biblical Studies?', organized by Leslie Houlden and myself and held at King's College London, 30 March-2 April 1992"--P. ix; 1; The future of reader criticism?; Mark G. Brett --; Treasures old and new : biblical theology and the challenge of feminism; Phyllis Trible --; Liberating the reader : a theological-exegetical study of the parable of the sheep and the goats (Matt. 25.31-46); Francis Watson --; After Hermeneutics : the relationship between theology and biblical studies; Werner G. Jeanrond --; Allegory and the ethics of reading; Frances Young --; God's own (pri)son : the disciplinary technoloy of the cross; Stephen D. Moore --; Early Christianity and the sociology of the sect; Stephen C. Barton --; A future for the commentary?; Richard Coggins; 2 ER -