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Symposia: Dialogues Concerning the History of Biblical Interpretation

Symposia: Dialogues Concerning the History of Biblical Interpretation 386 Book Reviews / Biblical Interpretation 16 (2008) 375-393 Symposia: Dialogues Concerning the History of Biblical Interpretation. By Roland Boer. London: Equinox, 2007. Pp. xi + 154. Boer’s six chapters focus on Julius Wellhausen, Hermann Gunkel, Martin Noth, Phyllis Trible, Norman Gottwald, and the Bible and Culture Collective (BCC); methodologically, they deal with source-, form-, redaction-, feminist, social-scientific, and postmodern criticism of the Bible, respectively. The reader is left to surmise that, for Boer, these six stages constitute a “high road” in the history of biblical interpretation, with other methods being of less importance to him. It is true that Chapter 6, like The Postmodern Bible (which is its topic), mentions a plethora of other recent methods, but the point here is that this most recent stage on the high road is constituted precisely by meta-methodological discussion (that is what “postmodern criticism” means). Readers coming to this book for information about its subject matter will find in Boer an excellent guide. He knows the basic issues at each stage and presents them clearly. At this level, the book would be good for second-year seminarians or religious studies students. However, if content were the main issue, one could point http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biblical Interpretation Brill

Symposia: Dialogues Concerning the History of Biblical Interpretation

Biblical Interpretation , Volume 16 (4): 386 – Jan 1, 2008

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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0927-2569
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1568-5152
DOI
10.1163/156851508X306985
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386 Book Reviews / Biblical Interpretation 16 (2008) 375-393 Symposia: Dialogues Concerning the History of Biblical Interpretation. By Roland Boer. London: Equinox, 2007. Pp. xi + 154. Boer’s six chapters focus on Julius Wellhausen, Hermann Gunkel, Martin Noth, Phyllis Trible, Norman Gottwald, and the Bible and Culture Collective (BCC); methodologically, they deal with source-, form-, redaction-, feminist, social-scientific, and postmodern criticism of the Bible, respectively. The reader is left to surmise that, for Boer, these six stages constitute a “high road” in the history of biblical interpretation, with other methods being of less importance to him. It is true that Chapter 6, like The Postmodern Bible (which is its topic), mentions a plethora of other recent methods, but the point here is that this most recent stage on the high road is constituted precisely by meta-methodological discussion (that is what “postmodern criticism” means). Readers coming to this book for information about its subject matter will find in Boer an excellent guide. He knows the basic issues at each stage and presents them clearly. At this level, the book would be good for second-year seminarians or religious studies students. However, if content were the main issue, one could point

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Published: Jan 1, 2008

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