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Publication
Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2001.
Description
A thoroughly revised and comprehensive guide to basic terms and concepts used in Biblical criticism. This title provides everything a student needs for a class in Biblical interpretation. The new edition also includes a diagram of Biblical interpretation, over forty-five new articles, an additional two hundred bibliographic entries to enhance study. It is a reliable guide for modern critical study and a useful reference works for the student of scripture. The coverage of this handbook is extremely broad and accurate for a one-volume work.
Media reviews
Review & Expositor
The Handbook is highly recommended for students who want a guide to biblical studies. Faculty also will find it useful for examining recent developments especially in the interdisciplinary analysis of the Bible, its world, and how modern persons read the text in different ways.
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Overall a very useful and inexpensive reference volume for those reading or studying hermeneutics.
Master's Seminary Journal
A book like this offers great help to anyone trying to navigate through the reading of various biblical and theological reference tools by giving a concise explanation of a number of relevant terms and methodologies.
User reviews
LibraryThing member apswartz
Every field of study has its own lingo. This is the book to get if you want to learn the lingo of biblical studies. Soulen provides an excellent resource that should be on hand for every person interested in being immersed into biblical studies.
LibraryThing member DubiousDisciple
This is an encyclopedic reference book for students of Biblical studies, providing definitions and discussions of many of the terms you may hear or read. Here are some examples of topics, chosen at random:
Eisegesis
The Gospel of Thomas
The Jesus Seminar
The New Hermeneutic
The Synoptic Problem
You get
Eisegesis
The Gospel of Thomas
The Jesus Seminar
The New Hermeneutic
The Synoptic Problem
You get
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the idea. The book is quite exhaustive now that it’s reached its fourth edition, and I use it for occasional reference, but I do once in a while feel frustrated by the emphasis of precision in definitions over simple explanations, particularly when the discussion is not accompanied by examples. In other words, it could sometimes be more user-friendly. Never-the-less, there is a lot of good information, presented quite compactly. Show Less
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Physical description
xiii, 234 p.; 23 cm
ISBN
9780664223144
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