Canon and Exegesis: Cononical Praxis and the Sodom Narrative

Name: Canon and Exegesis: Cononical Praxis and the Sodom Narrative
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ISBN: 9781841272955

By: William John Lyons

Sheffield Academic Press / 2002 / Hardcover

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Previous attempts to critique the canonical approach of Brevard Childs have remained largely theoretical in nature. One of the weakness of canonical criticism, then, is its failure to have generated new readings of extended biblical passages. Reviewing the hermeneutics and the praxis of Childs's approach, Lyons then turns to the Sodom narrative (Gen 18-19) as a test of a practical exegesis according to Childs's principles, and then to reflect critically upon the reading experience generated. Surprisingly, the canonical reading produced is a wholly new one, centred around the complex, irreducible-even contradictory-request of Abraham for Yahweh to do justice (18:23-25).

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Title: Canon and Exegesis: Cononical Praxis and the Sodom Narrative
By: William John Lyons
Format: Hardcover
Number of Pages: 208
Vendor: Sheffield Academic Press
Publication Date: 2002

Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 5 ounces
ISBN: 1841272957
ISBN-13: 9781841272955
Stock No: WW72957

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Previous attempts to critique the canonical approach of Brevard Childs have remained largely theoretical in nature. One of the weakness of canonical criticism, then, is its failure to have generated new readings of extended biblical passages. Reviewing the hermeneutics and the praxis of Childs' approach, Lyons then turns to the Sodom narrative (Gen 18-19) as a test of a practical exegesis according to Childs' principles, and then to reflect critically upon the reading experience generated. Surprisingly, the canonical reading produced is a wholly new one, centred around the complex, irreducible-even contradictory-request of Abraham for Yahweh to do justice (18:23-25).