Houses of the Interpreter - Reading Scripture, Reading Culture (Paperback)

In "Houses of the Interpreter," David Lyle Jeffrey explores the terrain of the cultural history of biblical interpretation. But Jeffrey does not merely rest content to chart biblical scholarship and how it has both influenced and been influenced by culture. Instead, he chooses to focus upon the "art" of Biblical interpretation --how sculptors, musicians, poets, novelists, and painters have "read" the Bible. By so doing, Jeffrey clearly demonstrates that such cultural interpretation has deepened the church's understanding of the Bible as Scripture and that, remarkably, this cultural reading has contributed to theology and the practice of faith. Jeffrey's chapters effectively root the theological issues central to any hermeneutical enterprise (e.g., Scriptural authority, narrative, the Old Testament as Christian Scripture, the role of the reader, gender, and postmodernism) in specific authors and artists (e.g., Chaucer, Bosch, Sir Orfeo, C. S. Lewis) --and he does this in constant conversation with literature, both eastern and western.

General

Imprint:	Baylor University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Provost Series
Release date:	March 2009
First published:	March 2009
Authors:	David Lyle Jeffrey
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-1-60258-239-2
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-60258-239-4
Barcode:	9781602582392

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