Studying Paul's Letters: Contemporary Perspectives and Methods
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (504 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0800698185 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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These essays will not only provoke conversation about difference in perspective, but also reveal the multiple ways that seemingly disparate approaches still often intertwine. "The essays in Studying Paul's Letters, each written by a first-tier scholar, manage to demonstrate cutting-edge Pauline scholarship in ways that remain highly accessible for beginning students. I can think of no other collection suitable as supplementary readings for students that so effectively unites these various goals." --Robert Paul Seesengood, Albright College
Studying Paul's Letters is organized for use in a single semester course on Paul.. Marchal leads a group of scholars who are also experienced teachers in courses on Paul. Each teacher-scholar focuses on what a particular method brings to interpretation and applies that method to a text in Paul's letters, aiming not just at the beginning student but at the "tough choices" every teacher must make in balancing information with critical reflection. Joseph A. Studying Paul's Letters provides a survey of the most relevant current methods in Paul scholarship. More than a series of "how-to" essays in interpretation, each chapter in this volume shows how differences in starting point and interpretive decisions shape different ways of understanding Paul
"Relational Hermeneutics 101" according to Paul Krause. It's important to understand what this book is, and what this book is not. Dr. Marchal's edited compendium "Studying Paul's Letters" with the inclusion of 11 major historiographical schools of contemporary Pauline scholarship, starting with historical scholarship and moving through fields like feminist studies, postcolonial studies, and LGBT studies, is not a traditional work of Pauline scholarship (focusing on theology or traditional religious ideas). Instead, it is the broadest of introductions to alternative scholarly perspectives on Paul that hopes to expose the reader to this new . "One Star" according to Amazon Customer. Hard to follow along with the author point of view.. readers who would like their unabashadly one-sided ideological and political presuppositions affirmed will Daniel Marchal's compilation is the epitome of unrestrained ideological criticism in NT Studies. With little (if any) subtlety, Marchal has managed to compile a collection of triumphalistic liberal rhetoric that captures the essence of lazy biblical studies. The more academically inclined reader will be underwhelmed by the lack of scholastic humility and breathe a deep sigh of relief when reading is finished.Unfortunately, if readers are seeking a critical approach to the NT that matches the academic precision of 19th and 20th century historical criticism, they will find this book deeply disa
. Marchal is Associate Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Ball State University and the author of The Politics of Heaven: Women, Gender, and Empire in the Study of Paul (Paul in Critical Contexts: Fortress Press, 2009) and a number of journal articles and essays concerning method and approach in interpretation. Joseph A