ISBN:
9780567696311
,
9780567696304
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (280 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Edition:
Reproduktion Also published in print
Year of publication:
2021
Series Statement:
Scriptural traces: critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible 29
Series Statement:
Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies 709
Series Statement:
Scriptural traces: critical perspectives on the reception and influence of the Bible
Series Statement:
Library of Hebrew bible/Old Testament studies Old Testament studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kočí, Kateřina, 1985 - The land without promise
DDC:
809/.93522
Keywords:
Brueggemann, Walter
;
Steinbeck, John Themes, motives
;
Bible Reader-response criticism
;
Bible and literature
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Religion and geography
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Biblical exegesis & hermeneutics
;
Electronic books
;
Brueggemann, Walter 1933-
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Steinbeck, John 1902-1968
;
Gelobtes Land
Abstract:
"Katerina Koci charts the development of the Promised Land motif, starting from its biblical roots and examining its reception over the centuries until the present day"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Bible and Literature -- Aims and Methods -- The Role of Artistic Interpretation in Biblical Hermeneutics -- The Role of Art in the Hermeneutical Process -- The Text and the Reader: Partners in Dialogue -- The Struggle between Synchrony and Diachrony -- The Context and Reception of the Promised Land Motif in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament -- A Thematic Analysis of the Promised Land in the Hebrew Bible -- An Historical-Critical Analysis of Genesis 15:7 & Exodus 3: -- An Historical-Critical Analysis of Genesis 15:1- -- An Historical-Critical Analysis of Exodus 3:1- -- Reception of the Promised Land in the Hebrew Bible -- The Torah -- Deuteronomistic History -- The Literary Prophets to the End of the Exile -- The Postexilic Era -- Reception of the Promised Land in the New Testament -- The Gospels and Acts -- The Pauline Epistles -- The Non-Pauline Epistles -- The Extra-Biblical and Post-Biblical History of the Promised Land Motif -- The History of Biblical Scholarship -- Antiquity -- Reformation -- Late Tradition and Application -- The History of Literary Scholarship -- Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Reformation -- Late Reception and Application -- The History of Religious Communities in the American Episcopal Church -- The Community of New England Puritans -- The American Episcopal Community of Later Centuries -- Interpretations of the Promised Land Motif by Walter Brueggemann and John Steinbeck -- Brueggemann's Interpretation of the Promised Land Motif -- The Land as Symbol and Fascinans -- Brueggemann's Land Symbolism: Between Landlessness and Landedness -- Curing One's Conscience but What Comes Next? Brueggemann and Liberation Theology -- John Steinbeck's Interpretation of the Promised Land Motif -- Steinbeck as a Biblical Interpreter -- A Foretaste of Paradise: The Pastures of Heaven and Of Mice and Men -- Passion to Possess: To a God Unknown -- Killing the Land and Marching Further West: The Grapes of Wrath -- The Soul's Journey towards the Promised Land: East of Eden -- Conclusion -- Literal and/or Allegorical Faces of the Promised Land -- Steinbeck and Brueggemann -- Steinbeck's Contribution to the Interpretation of the Promised Land Motif
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also published in print
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DOI:
10.5040/9780567696311
