{"product_id":"image-the-depths-and-the-surface-multivalent-approaches-to-biblical-study-9781841272979","title":"Image, the Depths and the Surface: Multivalent Approaches to Biblical Study","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Susan Gillingham\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biblical Criticism \u0026amp; Interpretation - Old Testament\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe purpose of this book is to illustrate that reading is a subjective process which results in multivalent interpretations. This is the case whether one looks at a text in its historical contexts (the diachronic approach) or its literary contexts (the synchronic approach). Three representative texts are chosen from the Law (Genesis 2-3), the Writings (Isaiah 23) and the Prophets (Amos 5), and each is read first by way of historical analysis and then by literary analysis. Each text provides a number of variant interpretations and raises the question--is any one interpretation superior? What criteria do we use to measure this? Or is there value in the complementary nature of many approaches and many results?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45084400058519,"sku":"9781841272979","price":22777.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781841272979.webp?v=1767264467","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/image-the-depths-and-the-surface-multivalent-approaches-to-biblical-study-9781841272979","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}