Faithful Interpretation: Reading the Bible in a Postmodern WorldA K. M. Adam has become one of the leading voices in postmodern criticism. This volume brings together his original essays introducing postmodern interpretation and arguing its urgent importance for the life of the contemporary church. Includes a bibliography and name and Scripture indexes. |
Contents
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WHY HISTORICAL CRITICISM CANT PROTECT CHRISTOLOGICAL ORTHODOXY REFLECTIONS ON DOCETISM KASEMANN AND CHRI... | 37 |
TWISTING TO DESTRUCTION A MEMORANDUM ON THE ETHICS OF INTERPRETATION | 57 |
POSTMODERN CRITICISM APPLIED MATTHEWS READERS POWER AND IDEOLOGY | 67 |
INTEGRAL AND DIFFERENTIAL HERMENEUTICS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF INTERPRETIVE DIFFERENCE | 81 |
WALK THIS WAY REPETITION DIFFERENCE AND THE IMITATION OF CHRIST | 105 |
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