Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Biblical Studies ‘after’ Theory: Onwards Towards the Past Part Three: Theory in the First and Second Waves

Biblical Studies ‘after’ Theory: Onwards Towards the Past Part Three: Theory in the First and... At present, ‘High theory’, epitomized by poststructuralism, is in a perceived state of decline in literary studies. This three-part article explores the complex ramifications of the ‘after theory’ debate for biblical studies, a field that, for the most part, still seems to be in a ‘before theory’ phase. Our intent, however, is not to sell biblical scholars on Theory, finally, before the supply runs out. Our aim, rather, is diagnostic and analytic. We want to look at what has happened, what has foiled to happen, and what might yet happen in biblical studies in relation to Theory, and reflect on what these various appropriations, adaptations and missed encounters reveal about the very different disciplinary spaces occupied by biblical studies and literary studies, and the very different disciplinary histories that have brought each of these spaces into being. Contending that Theory’s most important contribution is the self-reflexive and metacritical moves it makes possible, our reflection on Theory’s reception in biblical studies is intended to defamiliarise the peculiarities of our own disciplinary space. What follows is the final instalment of this three-part article. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biblical Interpretation Brill

Biblical Studies ‘after’ Theory: Onwards Towards the Past Part Three: Theory in the First and Second Waves

Moore, Stephen D.; Sherwood, Yvonne
Biblical Interpretation , Volume 18 (3): 35 – Feb 27, 2010
Download PDF
35 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/brill/biblical-studies-after-theory-onwards-towards-the-past-part-three-Egbm0Tvey0

References

References for this paper are not available at this time. We will be adding them shortly, thank you for your patience.

Publisher
Brill
Copyright
Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0927-2569
eISSN
1568-5152
DOI
10.1163/156851510x492454
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

At present, ‘High theory’, epitomized by poststructuralism, is in a perceived state of decline in literary studies. This three-part article explores the complex ramifications of the ‘after theory’ debate for biblical studies, a field that, for the most part, still seems to be in a ‘before theory’ phase. Our intent, however, is not to sell biblical scholars on Theory, finally, before the supply runs out. Our aim, rather, is diagnostic and analytic. We want to look at what has happened, what has foiled to happen, and what might yet happen in biblical studies in relation to Theory, and reflect on what these various appropriations, adaptations and missed encounters reveal about the very different disciplinary spaces occupied by biblical studies and literary studies, and the very different disciplinary histories that have brought each of these spaces into being. Contending that Theory’s most important contribution is the self-reflexive and metacritical moves it makes possible, our reflection on Theory’s reception in biblical studies is intended to defamiliarise the peculiarities of our own disciplinary space. What follows is the final instalment of this three-part article.

Journal

Biblical Interpretation – Brill

Published: Feb 27, 2010

There are no references for this article.