Canon and Exegesis
Canonical Praxis and the Sodom Narrative
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2002
328 pages
978-0-567-40343-8 (ISBN)
Description
Previous attempts to critique the canonical approach of Brevard Childs have remained largely theoretical in nature. One of the weakness of canonical criticism, then, is its failure to have generated new readings of extended biblical passages. Reviewing the hermeneutics and the praxis of Childs' approach, Lyons then turns to the Sodom narrative (Gen 18-19) as a test of a practical exegesis according to Childs' principles, and then to reflect critically upon the reading experience generated. Surprisingly, the canonical reading produced is a wholly new one, centred around the complex, irreducible-even contradictory-request of Abraham for Yahweh to do justice (18:23-25).
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-0-567-40343-8 (9780567403438)
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William John Lyons is Reader in Religion and History in the Department of History, University of Bristol, UK
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 THE HISTORY OF BIBLICAL THEOLOGY AND ITS TEXT(S)
- 1. The Development of Biblical Theology through History and its View(s) of the Biblical Text
- 2. The Historical Development of the Biblical Theology of Brevard S. Childs and its Canonical Approach to the Biblical Text
- Chapter 2 AN OUTLINE OF THE CANONICAL APPROACH OF BREVARD S. CHILDS
- 1. The Canonical Approach and Biblical Theology
- 2. A Theoretical Justification for the Role of 'Canon' in the Canonical Approach
- 3. The Praxis of the Canonical Approach
- Chapter 3 THE HERMENEUTICS OF THE CANONICAL APPROACH RECONSIDERED
- 1. 'Objectivity' and Perspectivity' in the Canonical Approach
- 2. A Reconstruction Favouring 'Objectivity'
- 3. Taking the Route of 'Perspectivity'
- 4. The 'Community of Faith' and the 'Interpretive Community': Preliminary Consequences of Adopting a Fishian Hermeneutic
- Chapter 4 PRELIMINARIES TO A CANONICAL EXEGESIS OF GENESIS 18-19
- 1. The 'Sodom Narrative'
- 2. Basic Readerly Presuppositions
- 3. Diachronic Approaches to the 'Sodom Narrative'
- Chapter 5 A CANONICAL EXEGESIS OF THE 'SODOM NARRATIVE', PART 1: GENESIS 18
- 1. The Reception and Recognition of the Visitor(s) to Abraham (18.1-8)
- 2. The Announcement of a Son to Sarah (18.9-15)
- 3. Events on the Way to Sodom (18.16-21)
- 4. Abraham's Challenge to YHWH (18.22-33)
- Chapter 6 A CANONICAL EXEGESIS OF THE 'SODOM NARRATIVE', PART 2: GENESIS 19
- 1. The Arrival of Two Visitors in Sodom (19.1-3)
- 2. Surrounding the House (19.4-11)
- 3. Excursus: Is There a 'Sin of Sodom'?
- 4. Instructions for Lot and his Family (19.12-14)
- 5. Lot's Departure from Sodom (19.15-22)
- 6. The Destruction of Sodom (19.23-29)
- 7. The Origins of Moab and Ammon (19.30-38)
- 8. The Way Forward: Old Testament Texts in the Light of the Suggested Canonical Exegesis of Genesis 18-19
- Conclusion: A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE CANONICAL APPROACH
- 1. Insights Gained into the Canonical Approach through Praxis
- Select Bibliography of the Work of Brevard Springs Childs
- General Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors
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