[Re]Reading Again: A Mosaic Reading of Numbers 25
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Guided by the metaphor of the art form known as a mosaic, this book advocates a pluralistic approach to biblical studies. Rees argues that the text itself can be described as a ‘mosaic’, with each new reading adding to the mosaic. Interpretation is therefore both observation and invention, or contribution. When [re]reading the text, one cannot but be aware of what has been seen before, even if it at first may seem unfamiliar. He thus rejects the idea of a definitive reading. Examining Numbers 25, Rees argues that the various methods employed to interpret this text (narrative, feminist, postcolonial as well as a more ‘traditional’ historical-critical reading) enable us to see different things as we read from different places. A further analysis of the book’s interpretative history, including the rewritten histories of Josephus and Philo, allows us to discover that creativity has forever been a part of the reading process. Moving on to explore the contributions of more recent commentators, Rees concludes that an embrace of diversity, of collegiality, may well point to a new future in Biblical Studies.
- Title: [Re]Reading Again: A Mosaic Reading of Numbers 25
- Author: Anthony Rees
- Series: Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies
- Volume: 589
- Publisher: Bloomsbury
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 191
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Numbers › Criticism, interpretation, etc
- ISBNs: 9780567671813, 9780567554369, 9780567531193, 0567554368, 0567531198, 056767181X
- Resource ID: LLS:RRDNGGNMNMBRS25
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-03-02T22:03:03Z