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Symposia

Dialogues Concerning the History of Biblical Interpretation
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'Symposia' illuminates the central issues and concerns of biblical studies by presenting a series of stories. The model for the stories is the ancient Greek idea of the symposium, a 'sitting down together for the purpose of drinking'. In Plato's writings, the symposium becomes a genre of writing with Socrates at its centre, a character who perpetually questions in order to develop the pursuit of knowledge. Some of the most influential figures in the history of biblical studies - Julius Wellhausen, Hermann Gunkel, Martin Noth, Brevard Childs, Norman Gottwald, Phyllis Trible, and the Bible and Culture Collective - become the central characters in these stories. Each aims to voice their central arguments, to highlight and confront the key challenges they see and, of course, to dispute the positions of others.

Author Biography:

Roland Boer is Senior Logan Research Fellow in the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at Monash University, Australia. His most recent book is Marxist Criticism of the Bible (2003), and his research is mostly focused on the intersections between biblical studies and critical theory.
Release date NZ
June 1st, 2007
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Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Pages
168
Dimensions
156x234x18
ISBN-13
9781845531010
Product ID
5318507

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