{"product_id":"reading-other-peoples-texts-social-identity-and-the-reception-of-authoritative-traditions-paperback","title":"Reading Other Peoples' Texts: Social Identity and the Reception of Authoritative Traditions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen S. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlison L. Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBrennan Breed\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume draws together eleven essays by scholars of the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Greco-Roman religion and early Judaism, to address the ways that conceptions of identity and otherness shape the interpretation of biblical and other religiously authoritative texts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contributions explore how interpreters of scriptural texts regularly assume or assert an identification between their own communities and those described in the text, while ignoring the cultural, social, and religious differences between themselves and the text's earliest audiences. Comparing a range of examples, these essays address varying ways in which social identity has shaped the historical contexts, implied audiences, rhetorical shaping, redactional development, literary appropriation, and reception history of particular texts over time. Together, they open up new avenues for studying the relations between social identity, scriptural interpretation, and religious authority.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer at Whitworth University, USA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison L. Joseph\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary, USA. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrennan Breed\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary, USA.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67869743415454,"sku":"9780567705204","price":84.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7748\/8030\/files\/SxW9AogIUL9780567705204.webp?v=1793314642","url":"https:\/\/theword.com\/products\/reading-other-peoples-texts-social-identity-and-the-reception-of-authoritative-traditions-paperback","provider":"TheWord.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}