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What Is Social-Scientific Criticism?

What Is Social-Scientific Criticism?What Is Social-Scientific Criticism?

What Is Social-Scientific Criticism?

John H. Elliott (Author)

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This book gives a clearly written, authoritative introduction to social-scientific criticism of the New Testament, including:
  • the rise of this method
  • its practitioners and the focal points of their work
  • how the method is applied to the interpretation of the biblical text
  • the presuppositions and procedures of the method.
Also included are four appendices, a glossary of terms, and full bibliographies. Intended as a basic introduction for students and general readers, the book will be of interest also to exegetical veterans.
  • Publisher Fortress Press
  • Format Paperback
  • ISBN 9780800626785
  • Dimensions 5.5 x 8.5
  • Pages 176
  • Publication Date November 1, 1993

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"[This book is] surely the most reliable and most complete guide to a new world of Scriptural interpretation by a tried practitioner who was there from the very outset and continues to enhance this indispensable field of study."
--Bruce Malina

Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction: Two Scenarios

1. What Is Social-Scientific Criticism?
2. Why the Need for Social-Scientific Criticism?
3. The Recent Emergency of Social-Scientific Criticism
4. The Method in Operation: Presuppositions
5. The Method in Operation: Procedures
6. Critical Assessments
7. Achievements and Contributions
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