Canons in conflict

negotiating texts in true and false prophecy

Gegnir Icelandic union-catalog record

1 online resource (247 p.); Bibliography: p197-217. _ Includes index; Conclusions: Canon Hermeneutics6 A Final Reading: Which Prophet? Whose Truth?; Postscript: Instead of a Conclusion; ""Here I Stand"": Under the Authority of the Community; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Conclusions: God and Canon PowerPART II: NEGOTIATING READINGS IN TRUE AND FALSE PROPHECY; 4 True and False Prophecy in Canonical Criticism; The Unfolding Story of Research in True and False Prophecy; The Ethos of Mythos and the Politics of Canon; Conclusions: Truth in Canon Politics; 5 Swords into Plowshares into Swords; Negotiating Readings: Rationale and Method; Tradition-Gestalt and the Reader; The Tradition-Gestalt of the Plowshare Passages; Canon as Function: Diachronic Readings of the Plowshare Passages; Canon as Context: Synchronic Reading of the Plowshare Passages; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: Engaging the Battle; PART I: CONTRADICTION, COMMUNITY, AND CANON; 1 Contradiction and Intertextuality; Prophet against Prophet; Contradiction: The Nature of Reality and Canonical Process; Intertextuality and Canonical Hermeneutics; Conclusions: Canon and Chaos; 2 Reader Response and Community of Interpretation; The Bible as Story; Reader-Response Criticism; The Community of Interpretation; Conclusions: The Readers' Canon; 3 The Fall and Rise of Canons; The Fall of the Canon: The Problem of Canon; The Rise of Canons and Their Canonical Communities; Dewey classification: 220.12; Dewey classification: 262.9; Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-217) and index; Oxford scholarship online; Previously issued in print: 1997; Publication place: New York