Canons in Conflict: Negotiating Texts in True and False Prophecy

by James E. Brenneman

In this new study, James Brenneman confronts the issue of conflicting canons with full force, incorporating insights gained from both literary and biblical disciplines on the question of canon. He begins with an illuminating tour through contemporary literary theory from Hans Robert Jauss to Stanley Fish, and current discussions in theology about the canon. He goes on to a consideration of true and false prophesy, with a detailed examination of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195109090
• ISBN13: 9780195109092
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"