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This open access, edited collection explores the paramount question of precisely how to research biblical reception and what approaches should be taken. The expanding area of biblical reception prompts reflection on the possibility of shared approaches when the subject material is so various, and thus all who have contributed to this book provide numerous models and methods for undertaking biblical reception work, supplying fuel for scholarly conversations across individual cases of reception.
Beginning with an introductory analysis from Hannah M. Strømmen on what constitutes “reception” and “biblical reception”, and a challenge that methodology can be a means of seeking new ground and disturbing the disciplinary status quo, several designations of reception are explored, including literary retellings, liberative criticism and transformative justice. Moving to delineations, several biblical representations are discussed, from the 'afterlives' of several female characters and digital archives to Biblicisms in the modern media age and biblical retellings for children. Concentrating finally on directions, the contributors examine reception criticism, the political use of scriptures and conceptual shifts for biblical reception studies.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by Lund University.
Table of Contents
Part One: Designations
Chapter Two: Mapping Biblical Reception: Questions, Answers, Stories - Andrew Mein, University of St. Andrews, UK
Chapter Three: Reception History in the Long Run: The Case of Ball's Bible and English History - James Crossley, University of Cambridge, UK
Chapter Four: Reception Exegesis: How Literary Retellings Can Shed New Light on a Biblical Text and its Interpretations - Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer, ALT School of Theology, Sweden
Chapter Five: Liberative Reception Criticism: The Case for Methodological Advances in Contemporary Reception Studies - Siobhán Jolley, University of Manchester, UK
Chapter Six: Biblical Reception as Transformative Justice: Disrupting Prison Hell - Erin Runions, Pomona College, USA
Chapter Seven: Reception Criticism and Feminist Criticism - Mikael Larsson, Uppsala University, Sweden
Chapter Eight: Gadamer and Jauss: History, Tradition, and Self-Understanding - Robert Evans, University of Chester, UK
Part Two: Delineations
Chapter Nine: The Double Articulation of Reception History: The Example of Exodus 4: 24–26 - Brennan Breed, Columbia Theological Seminary, USA
Chapter Ten: From Text to Type: The Mythic Afterlives of Biblical 'Bad Girls' - Siobhán Jolley, University of Manchester, UK, Rachel Miller, University of Manchester, UK, and Holly Morse, University of Manchester, UK
Chapter Eleven: Biblical Narratives in the Digital Newspaper Archive: Whose Bible Is It Anyway? - Terje Stordalen, University of Oslo, Norway
Chapter Twelve: Biblical Onslaught: Classifying Biblicisms in the Modern Media Age - Rebekah Carere, University of Kent, UK
Chapter Thirteen: A Model for Research on Bible Reception: Biblical Retellings for Children as a Starting Point - Ingunn Aadland, Norwegian School of Theology, Norway
Chapter Fourteen: Biblical Assemblages as a Model for Reception Studies - Hannah M. Strømmen, Lund University, Sweden
Part Three: Directions
Chapter Fifteen: Biblical Reception Criticism and Critical Discourse Analysis - Hanna Liljefors, Lund University, Sweden
Chapter Sixteen: Biblical Reception and Fan Studies: Examining Why People Create Works of Reception - Tom de Bruin, Radboud University, the Netherlands
Chapter Seventeen: Going Empirical – The Why's, How's, and What's: Bible Reading Interviews in Jerusalem -Jennifer Nyström, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Chapter Eighteen: Truth, Talisman, Tyranny: A Conceptual Umbrella for Discerning the Political Use of Scriptures - Sam Kocheri, Houghton University, USA
Chapter Nineteen: Biblical Encounters: Reception Criticism and the Curatorial Turn - Holly Morse, University of Manchester, UK
Chapter Twenty: Beyond Reception? Conceptual Shifts for Biblical Reception Studies - Colleen Conway, Seton Hall University, USA
Index
Product details
| Published | Jan 07 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 9780567727602 |
| Imprint | T&T Clark |
| Illustrations | 3 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | Scriptural Traces |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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