Methods for Exodus (Methods in Biblical Interpretation)

✍ Scribed by Thomas B. Dozeman PhD

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 270
• Series: Methods in Biblical Interpretation
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Methods for Exodus is a textbook on biblical methodology. The book introduces readers to six distinct methodologies that aid in the interpretation of the book of Exodus: literary and rhetorical, genre, source and redaction, liberation, feminist, and postcolonial criticisms. Describing each methodology, the volume also explores how the different methods relate to and complement one another. Each chapter includes a summary of the hermeneutical presuppositions of a particular method with a summary of the impact of the method on the interpretation of the book of Exodus. In addition, Exodus 1-2 and 19-20 are used to illustrate the application of each method to specific texts. The book is unique in offering a broad methodological discussion with all illustrations centered on the book of Exodus.

✦ Table of Contents

Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Contributors......Page 11
Background......Page 13
Rationale......Page 14
Description......Page 15
The goals of the book......Page 17
The book of exodus......Page 20
The overview of the book......Page 23
Bibliography......Page 27
Literary and rhetorical criticism: a brief history......Page 29
Constructive Literary Approaches......Page 32
Deconstructive Literary Approaches......Page 35
Dialogical and Rhetorical Approaches......Page 37
Constructive Literary Readings of Exodus......Page 40
Deconstructive Literary Readings of Exodus......Page 43
Dialogical and Rhetorical Readings of Exodus......Page 45
Exodus 1–2......Page 49
Differences......Page 52
Exodus 19–20......Page 61
Literary and Rhetorical Criticism of Exodus......Page 69
The Origins and Nature of Form Criticism......Page 71
The Rise of Genre Criticism......Page 75
Genre Criticism in Theory and Practice......Page 77
Genre criticism and the book of exodus......Page 82
Exodus 1–18......Page 83
Exodus 19–24......Page 88
Exodus 25–40......Page 94
Exodus 1–2......Page 97
Exodus 19–20......Page 103
Conclusions......Page 109
For further reading......Page 110
The methodology of source criticism......Page 111
The Methodology of Redaction Criticism......Page 114
The Development of Source and Redaction Criticism of the Pentateuch......Page 116
Exodus 1–2......Page 127
Exodus 19–20......Page 134
Select bibliography......Page 145
4 Liberation Criticism......Page 147
The Prehistory of Liberation Criticism in Latin America......Page 148
Liberation Theology and Liberation Criticism in the Twentieth Century......Page 151
Liberation Criticism and Related Forms of Criticism......Page 157
Recent Religious and Political Developments that Influence the Liberation Movement......Page 158
Liberation criticism and the book of exodus......Page 162
Exodus 1–2......Page 164
Exodus 19–20......Page 172
Conclusion: liberation criticism and a biblical liberation theology......Page 175
Liberation criticism bibliography......Page 178
Varieties of feminist biblical criticism......Page 179
Race, Social Class, and Ethnicity Based Feminism......Page 180
Gender Based Feminism......Page 181
Theological Feminism......Page 182
Summary......Page 183
Feminist criticism and the book of exodus......Page 184
Exodus 1–2......Page 188
Feminist Interpretations of Motherhood......Page 190
Feminist Interpretations of the Women Characters in Exodus 1–2......Page 194
The Preparation for Theophany......Page 200
The Revelation of Law......Page 202
Conclusion......Page 205
General......Page 206
Feminist Criticism of Exodus......Page 207
6 Postcolonial Biblical Criticism......Page 209
Postcolonial criticism and postcolonial theory......Page 210
Orientalism......Page 212
Stereotyping, Mimicry, and Hybridity......Page 213
Critiques of Postcolonial Theory......Page 217
Postcolonial Studies and Biblical Studies......Page 220
Postcolonial analysis and the book of exodus......Page 225
The Persian Imperium and Canonization......Page 226
Exodus 1–2: stereotyping, women, and resistance......Page 230
Exodus 1–2, 19–20: the exodus in the larger national myth......Page 238
Torah and the Former Prophets......Page 241
Conclusion......Page 247
Postcolonial Biblical Criticism......Page 248
Glossary......Page 251
Name Index......Page 257
Scripture Index......Page 263