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Cultural Interpretations

Reorienting New Testament Criticism
  • ISBN-13: 9780800628598
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • By Brian K. Blount
  • Price: AUD $47.99
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  • Local release date: 12/02/1996
  • Format: Paperback (216.00mm X 140.00mm) 232 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Biblical commentaries [HRCG1]
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Building on insights into the social functions of language, especially its interpersonal dimensions, Blount constructs a culturally sensitive model of interpretation that provides a sound basis for ethnographic and popular, as well as historical-critical, readings of the biblical text. Blount's framework does more than acknowledge the inevitability of multiple interpretations; it foments them. His analysis demonstrates the social intent of every reading and shows the influence of communicative context in such diverse readings of the Bible as Rudolf Bultmann's, the peasants of Solentiname, the Negro spirituals, and black-church sermons. Then Blount turns to Mark's account of the trial of Jesus, where he shows how this hermeneutical scheme helps to assess the emergence and validity of multiple readings of the text and the figure of Jesus. Blount's expansive interpretive proposal will help scholars and students open up the possibilities of the text without abandoning it.
Brian K. Blount is Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Preface A Contextual Approach to New Testament Interpretation PART ONE: Cultural Contexts and Biblical Interpretation Existential Interpretation The Gospel in Solentiname The Negro Spiritual The Sermon in the Black Church PART TWO: Interpreting the Trial of Jesus in Mark Potential Meaning in Mark's Trial Scenes Jesus the Redeemer Jesus the Tragic Hero Jesus the Revolutionary Jesus, Man of the People Beyond Interpretative Boundaries Notes Bibliography Indexes
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