Publication

2018 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

70,250 words, Guess

Page Count

281 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004387270
  • ISBN-109004387277
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018038525
  • OCLC Control Number1048942942
  • Better World Books9789004387270
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Classifications

  • LCCBS2377.3.D68 2018
  • LCCBS2377.3 .D68 2019

Description

Narratives are the concrete manifestation of an author's subjectivity. They function as that person's voice, and should be treated with the same respect that is granted to all voices. In Interpreting New Testament Narratives, Eric Douglass develops this ethical perspective, so that narratives are treated as communication, and the author's voice is regarded as a valued perspective. Employing a cross-disciplinary approach, Douglass shows how readers engage narratives as mental simulations, creating a temporary possible world that readers enter and experience. To recover communication, readers locate the events of this world in the culture of the intended audience, and translate this meaning into the modern reader's worldview. Using a staged reading design, this initial reading is followed by readings of critique.

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