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The new historicism

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What is a text? What is history? How do they influence one another? And what parts do the various creators and interpretors of them play in the formation of their meaning? These are fundamental questions. How we answer them provides the structure or context in which we do what we do and think what we think. This book gives the "New Historicist" answer to those questions and turns it's perception on biblical and other texts.
Since "NH" is more of a world-view than a method, and the goal is to provide a meaningful comprehension of it, the book is light on biblical or other exegesis, analysis, or interaction and heavy on theories of interpretation. In other words, it is more concerned with sketching a way of thinking than thinking about anything in particular. Those who want to move on from foundational questions to the answers that come by them may find a book like this too much like navel gazing. Those who don't mind spending time to develop a firm foundation before proceeding to sought-after answers may find the book a refreshing starting place and the deposit likely to yield a much greater return in the long-run..

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Call Number

221.95 HEN n

Publisher

Minneapolis : Fortress Press., 2002

Collation

viii,94p.; 22 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-8006-2989-2

Classification

221.95

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Subject(s)

OLD TESTAMENT, HISTORY

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