\["For readers wanting to deepen their biblical understanding", "Teaches various methods for interpreting Scripture", "You will gain skills to analyse texts meaningfully"\]

Searching for Meaning guides you through diverse New Testament interpretation methods.

Paula Gooder

Part 1 FROM EVENT TO TEXT

Introduction

1 Historical criticism

2 Social science criticism

3 Form criticism

4 Source criticism

5 Redaction criticism

Part 2 TEXT

6 Textual criticism

7 Translation theory

8 Canonical criticism

9 Rhetorical criticism

10 Narrative criticism

11 Structural criticism

12 Poststructural criticism

Part 3 FROM TEXT TO READER

13 Reception history

14 Theological interpretation

15 Reader-response criticism

16 Feminist criticism

17 Queer criticism

18 Liberation criticism

19 Sociopolitical criticism

20 Black criticism

21 Postcolonial criticism

22 Asian criticism

23 Ecological criticism

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__Searching For Meaning introduces readers to the different methods used to interpret the New Testament.__

Top scholars give a short definition of a particular criticism and then Paula Gooder gives a practical example to demonstrate how that criticism can be applied to a biblical text.

A very broad range of methods are introduced, from traditional criticisms such as source criticism and historical criticism tot he more modern methods such as feminist criticism and liberation criticism.

Readers will understand how different meanings and emphases can be drawn out from a text depending upon the method of interpretation chosen. They will also be given the skills to start analysing and examining texts for themselves in a meaningful and insightful way.

Introduces readers to the different methods used when interpreting the New Testament. This book gives practical textual examples of how a text might be interpreted using a broad range of interpretational methods. It also explores techniques such as textual criticism and post-colonial criticism.

This book introduces readers to the different methods used when interpreting the New Testament. Although there are other books on the market that introduce the various techniques they are often very theoretical and it is hard for readers to see what difference the methods of interpretation make in practice to how a passage might be understood. Here, Paula Gooder responds to this gap in the market by giving practical textual examples of how a text might be interpreted using a broad range of interpretational methods. She also explores techniques that are often omitted from books on biblical interpretation, such as textual criticism and post-colonial criticism. The emphasis throughout is on what difference the method of interpretation makes for understanding the text.The text is mainly written by Paula Gooder but includes short contributions from world class scholars who offer nuggets of wisdom on their particular area of expertise.

"\* 'In this excellent introduction, Paula Gooder acts as our erudite, reliable and ever patient guide. This impressive volume deserves to be on the bibliography of every serious student of the Bible.' Dr Helen Bond, University of Edinburgh 'This is a clearly written and extremely helpful introduction to many different approaches to the interpretation of the New Testament. Experts from around the world and across many disciplines contribute specialised explanations, while Paula Gooder's excellent discussions apply each form of criticism to actual New Testament textual examples. It will become an indispensable tool and is greatly to be welcomed.' Richard A. Burridge Dean of King's College London and Professor of Biblical Interpretation"

Dr Paula Gooder is a visiting lecturer at King's College London, an honorary lecturer at the University of Birmingham, senior research scholar at the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham, and Canon Theologian of Birmingham Cathedral. Her previous books include Only the Third Heaven? 2 Corinthians 12.1-10 and Heavenly Ascent (T&amp;T Clark 2006) and Exploring New Testament Greek (with Peter Kevern, SCM Press 2004).

"Searching For Meaning" by Paula Gooder offers an introduction to New Testament interpretation methods. It covers traditional to modern criticisms, aiding readers in text analysis.

\["For those seeking to understand the New Testament better.","Searching For Meaning offers a comprehensive guide to interpreting the New Testament.","It equips readers with skills to analyze texts meaningfully."\]

"Searching For Meaning" is a comprehensive guide to interpreting the New Testament, offering a broad range of methods and practical examples to help readers understand and analyze texts more meaningfully.

Elizabeth BROWN

I love Paula Gooder. Always informative, easy to read and easy to understand. You can dip into this book each section easily accessed. A great book for anyone working on interpretation.

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