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Reading the Bible Ethically: Recovering the Voice in the Text

by Eric J. Douglass

  • Hardback
  • 310 pages
  • Publisher: Brill
  • 16.3 x 23.9 x 2.3 cm

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For those wanting to study the Bible deeper

Helps you apply ethical rules to interpretation

See scripture as a living conversation today

A thoughtful guide to interpreting the Bible by respecting the author's voice and intent.

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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 Reading the Bible Ethically, 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.

  • Title

    Reading the Bible Ethically: Recovering the Voice in the Text

  • Author

    Eric J. Douglass

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Brill

  • Published

    September 2014

  • Weight

    600g

  • Page Count

    310

  • Dimensions

    16.3 x 23.9 x 2.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9789004282865

  • ISBN-10

    9004282866

  • Eden Code

    4708941