Edward Said, contrapuntal hermeneutics, and the Book of Job
Subtitle: power, subjectivity and responsibility in biblical interpretation
By: Alissa Jones Nelson.
Series: BibleWorld
Publisher: Equinox Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oakville, CT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845538897; 9781845538903
Subjects: Said, Edward W; Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible -- Hermeneutics; Bible. -- O.T. -- Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief introduction to Edward W. Said : a review of Said's concepts of subjectivity, power, intellectual responsibility, and the secular; title: Reading contrapuntally : adapting Said's concept of contrapuntal reading to the field of biblical hermeneutics; title: Attempting to bridge the gap : a review of contemporary efforts to integrate academic and vernacular voices in biblical hermeneutics; title: A Joban fugue : addressing the issue of suffering in the Book of Job with Gerhard von Rad and Gustavo Gutierrez.