What is social-scientific criticism?
By: by John H. Elliott ; [Dan O. Via, Jr., editor].
Contributors: Via, Dan Otto, 1928-
Series: New Testament series; Guides to biblical scholarship.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
Subjects: Bible. N.T. -- Social scientific criticism.; Sociology, Biblical.
Description: This book gives a clearly written, authoritative introduction to social-scientific criticism of the New Testament, including the rise of this method, its practitioners and the focal points of their work, how the method is applied to the interpretation of the biblical text, and the presuppositions and procedures of the method. Four appendices; glossary; two bibliographies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-174).