Semeia 48: Reader Perspectives on the New Testament

by Edgar V. McKnight

Publisher:

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)

, 1989

Overview

Semeia is an experimental journal devoted to the exploration of new and emergent areas and methods of biblical criticism. Studies employing the methods, models, and findings of linguistics, folklore studies, contemporary literary criticism, structuralism, social anthropology, and other such disciplines and approaches, are invited. Although experimental in both form and content, Semeia proposes to publish work that reflects a well defined methodology that is appropriate to the material being interpreted.

Key Features

• Key perspectives on biblical criticism
• Includes bibliographies and index

Contents

Top Highlights

“as its point of departure the present-day reader who wants to make sense of an ancient text.” (Page 4)

“critical reader who wants to understand how the ‘normal’ reader will actualize the text.” (Pages 8–9)

“approach for the interpretation of New Testament texts.” (Page 4)

Contributors

• Temma F. Berg
• H.J. Bernard Combrink
• Detlev Dormeyer
• Robert M. Fowler
• Edgar V. McKnight
• Bernard C. Lategan
• Wolfgang Schenk
• B. M. F. van Iersel
• James W. Voelz
• Willem S. Vorster
• Wilhelm Wuellner

Product Details

• Title: Semeia 48: Reader Perspectives on the New Testament
• Editor: Edgar V. McKnight
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication Date: 1989
• Pages: 206

About Edgar V. McKnight

Edgar V. McKnight is research professor and the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Religion Emeritus at Furman University. He received degrees in History, New Testament Studies, and Philosophical Theology from the College of Charleston, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and Oxford University.