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Searching for Meaning
Paula Gooder
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Description for Searching for Meaning
Paperback. Introduces readers to the different methods used when interpreting the New Testament. This book gives practical textual examples of how a text might be interpreted using a broad range of interpretational methods. It also explores techniques such as textual criticism and post-colonial criticism. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HRCF2; HRCG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Searching For Meaning introduces readers to the different methods used to interpret the New Testament. Top scholars give a short definition of a particular criticism and then Paula Gooder gives a practical example to demonstrate how that criticism can be applied to a biblical text. A very broad range of methods are introduced, from traditional criticisms such as source criticism and historical criticism tot he more modern methods such as feminist criticism and liberation criticism. Readers will understand how different meanings and emphases can be drawn out from a text depending upon the method of interpretation chosen. They will ... Read more
Searching For Meaning introduces readers to the different methods used to interpret the New Testament. Top scholars give a short definition of a particular criticism and then Paula Gooder gives a practical example to demonstrate how that criticism can be applied to a biblical text. A very broad range of methods are introduced, from traditional criticisms such as source criticism and historical criticism tot he more modern methods such as feminist criticism and liberation criticism. Readers will understand how different meanings and emphases can be drawn out from a text depending upon the method of interpretation chosen. They will ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780281058358
SKU
V9780281058358
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About Paula Gooder
Dr Paula Gooder is Canon Chancellor at St Paul's Cathedral and a writer and lecturer in Biblical Studies. Her research areas focus on the writings of the apostle Paul, with a particular focus on 2 Corinthians and on Paul's understanding of the body. Her publications include Body: Biblical spirituality for the whole person and Searching for Meaning: An introduction to ... Read more
Reviews for Searching for Meaning
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'In this excellent introduction, Paula Gooder acts as our erudite, reliable and ever patient guide. This impressive volume deserves to be on the bibliography of every serious student of the Bible.' Dr Helen Bond, University of Edinburgh 'This is a clearly written and extremely helpful introduction to many different approaches to the interpretation of the New Testament. Experts from ... Read more
'In this excellent introduction, Paula Gooder acts as our erudite, reliable and ever patient guide. This impressive volume deserves to be on the bibliography of every serious student of the Bible.' Dr Helen Bond, University of Edinburgh 'This is a clearly written and extremely helpful introduction to many different approaches to the interpretation of the New Testament. Experts from ... Read more