Publication

2013 - Society of Biblical Literature, Georgia

Language

English

Word Count

31,000 words, Guess

Page Count

124 pages

Identifiers

and 6 more
  • ISBN-139781589839083
  • ISBN-139781589839090
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013030910
  • OCLC Control Number854956992
  • Better World Books9781589839083
  • Open LibraryOL27791210M

Classifications

  • DDC220.6
  • LCCBS680.A33 B43 2013
  • LCCBS680

Description

"These seven essays offer fresh perspectives on beauty's role in revelation. Each essay features a hermeneutical approach informed by the contemporary study of aesthetics. Covering a series of texts in the Hebrew Bible and New Testament, from Adam and Eve in the garden to Jesus on trial in the Fourth Gospel, the authors engage beauty from three overarching perspectives: modern philosophy, contextual criticism, and the postcritical return to beauty's primary qualities. The three perspectives are not harmonized but rather explored concurrently to create a volume with intriguing methodological tensions. As this collection highlights beauty in the narratives of scripture, it opens readers to a largely unexplored dimension of the Bible."--Back cover.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia studies -- number 73
  • Semeia studies -- no. 73.

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