Mapping Myths of Biblical Interpretation Paperback / softback
by Professor Richard (Methodist University, USA) Walsh
Part of the Playing the Texts series
Paperback / softback
Description
Walsh explores the role that myth has played in the interpretation of the Bible.
He sees myth as an empowering, structuring story used either for good or ill and either consciously or unconsciously controlling our world views.
Walsh looks for both the empowerment and the marginalization effected by myth as he follows the word through its myriad meanings ('Grasping Proteus'), its use in various disciplines ('Procrustean Mythographers'), its distinctive uses in biblical interpretation ('Mything the Bible'), and, finally, the mythic character of interpretation itself ('The Myth of Interpretation').
The concluding chapter, 'Behind the Mythic Curve', muses on the difficulty of knowing the myths by which we live and reflects hopefully on the possibility of play among the myriad myths in a postmodern, pluralist world.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:01/03/2001
- ISBN:9781841272054
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:01/03/2001
- ISBN:9781841272054
