Papers by Joseph Scrivner
Oxford Encyclopedia of Biblical Interpretation, 2013
Historical criticism attempts to read texts in their original situations, informed by literary an... more Historical criticism attempts to read texts in their original situations, informed by literary and cultural conventions reconstructed from compara- ble texts and artifacts. African American interpretation extends this approach to questions about race and social location for the ancient text, its reception history, and its modern readers. It arose as a corrective and alternative to white supremacist use of the Bible in moral and political arguments regarding race, civil rights, and social justice.
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Papers by Joseph Scrivner