Handbook of Postmodern Biblical Interpretation

by Adam, A. K. M.

• ISBN13: 9780827229716
• ISBN10: 0827229712
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: Chalice Pr

Summary

Postmodern interpretation of the Bible represents one of the cutting edges in biblical studies, yet scholars have too often found these methods frustratingly dense and obtuse. This volume offers an accessible introduction to the methods of postmodern biblical interpretation. Each essay introduces a major concept or a key interpreter of postmodernism within the context of its connection to biblical interpretation, allowing scholars and students to begin understanding this exciting and provocative set of developments in biblical study. "The Handbook of Postmodern Biblical Interpretation is a superb resource, a reliable guide for those who are sometimes lost in the dense woods of postmodern studies. Detailed introductions to key figures such as Derrida, Bakhtin, and Irigaray join with rich explanation of key concepts such as deconstruction, intertextuality, and ideology. The book will be especially useful as an introduction to the field for those who know little about postmodern interpretation and want to find out more. --Patrick D. Miller, Princeton Theological Seminary "Handbook of Postmodern Biblical Interpretation is an informative and much-needed resource. It will prove to be an essential reference and springboard for all those interested in understanding and responding to many of the currents and dynamics of academic biblical interpretation of the last twenty years or so." --Vincent L. Wimbush, Union Theological Seminary, New York "This is an amazing book. I find it hard to put down and then it demands revisiting. It encapsulates and resists encapsulation, as different voices move thinkers and theory on and off stage. A splendid resource as well as introduction into the vitality of biblical criticism's engagement with contemporary thought." --David M. Gunn, Texas Christian University

Table of Contents

preface	vii
list of contributors	xi
anti-postmodernism	1	(7)
Barry Harvey
author	8	(6)
A. K. M. Adam
autobiography	14	(6)
Jeffrey L. Staley
Bakhtin	20	(8)
Carol A. Newsom
bataille	28	(7)
Timothy K. Beal
Tod Linafelt
blanchot	35	(7)
S. Brent Plate
certeau	42	(7)
Vincent J. Miller
culture/cultural criticism	49	(6)
Kenneth Surin
deconstruction	55	(7)
David W. Odell-Scott
deleuze and guattari	62	(7)
George Aichele
derrida	69	(7)
Yvonne Sherwood
ethics	76	(9)
Frank M. Yamada
fantasy	85	(6)
Tina Pippin
foucault	91	(8)
Mark K. George
gender	99	(7)
Mary Ann Tolbert
historiography	106	(7)
Fred W. Burnett
identity	113	(7)
Francisco Lozada, Jr.
ideology	120	(8)
Beverly J. Stratton
intertextuality	128	(3)
Timothy K. Beal
irigaray	131	(7)
Faith Kirkham Hawkins
jameson	138	(6)
Roland Boer
kristeva	144	(7)
Andrew Wilson
lacan	151	(3)
Ilona Rashkow
levinas	154	(6)
Gary A. Phillips
lyotard	160	(7)
Gina Hens-Piazza
midrash	167	(7)
Daniel Boyarin
politics	174	(8)
Eric Thurman
postcolonialism	182	(7)
Stephen D. Moore
practice	189	(10)
Mary McClintock Fulkerson
process	199	(7)
William A. Beardslee
queer theory	206	(7)
Laurel C. Schneider
race	213	(7)
Shawn Kelley
rhetoric	220	(7)
David S. Cunningham
scholarship	227	(6)
Burke O. Long
sexuality	233	(6)
ken Stone
space	239	(6)
James W. Flanagan
theory	245	(9)
Jan Tarlin
translation	254	(7)
Susan Brayford
trauma	261	(7)
Jay Geller
truth	268	(9)
Philip D. Kenneson
bibliography	277	(36)
index	313