Cultural Interpretations: Reorienting New Testament Criticism

by Brian K. Blount

Book Overview

Building on insights into the social functions of language, especially its interpersonal dimensions, Blount constructs a culturally sensitive model of interpretation that provides a sound basis for ethnographic and popular, as well as historical-critical, readings of the biblical text.

Blount's framework does more than acknowledge the inevitability of multiple interpretations; it foments them. His analysis demonstrates the social intent of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800628594
• ISBN13: 9780800628598
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"