Reading the Bible ethically : recovering the voice in the text /
All interpretive systems deal with the author. Modern systems consider the text to be autonomous, so that it is disconnected from the author's interests. In this book, Eric Douglass reconsiders this connection. His central argument is that the author is a subject who reproduces her culture and...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2014]
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| Series: | Biblical interpretation series ;
v. 133. |
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Emmanuel users only) |
| Summary: | All interpretive systems deal with the author. Modern systems consider the text to be autonomous, so that it is disconnected from the author's interests. In this book, Eric Douglass reconsiders this connection. His central argument is that the author is a subject who reproduces her culture and her subjectivity in the text. As the author reproduces her subjectivity, the text functions as the author's voice. This allows Douglass to apply ethical principles to interpretation, where that voice is treated as a subject for conversation, and not an object for manipulation. He uses this to texture the reading process, so that an initial reading takes account of the author's communication, while a second reading critiques that communication. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (301 pages .) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-293) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9004282874 9789004282872 |
| ISSN: | 0928-0731 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |