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[Re]Reading Again: A Mosaic Reading of Numbers 25 Paperback / softback
by Anthony (Charles Sturt University, Australia) Rees
Part of the Playing the Texts series
Paperback / softback
Description
Guided by the metaphor of the art form known as a mosaic, this book advocates a pluralistic approach to biblical studies.
Rees argues that the text itself can be described as a 'mosaic', with each new reading adding to the mosaic.
Interpretation is therefore both observation and invention, or contribution.When [re]reading the text, one cannot but be aware of what has been seen before, even if it at first may seem unfamiliar.
He thus rejects the idea of a definitive reading. Examining Numbers 25, Rees argues that the various methods employed to interpret this text (narrative, feminist, postcolonial as well as a more 'traditional' historical-critical reading) enable us to see different things as we read from different places.
A further analysis of the book's interpretative history, including the rewritten histories of Josephus and Philo, allows us to discover that creativity has forever been a part of the reading process.
Moving on to explore the contributions of more recent commentators, Rees concludes that an embrace of diversity, of collegiality, may well point to a new future in Biblical Studies.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/07/2016
- ISBN:9780567671813
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:28/07/2016
- ISBN:9780567671813
