Brown, Jeannine K.,  1961- <br/><br/>
Scripture as communication :  introducing biblical hermeneutics / 
Jeannine K. Brown. 
 - Grand Rapids, Mich. :  Baker Academic,  c2007. 
 - 315 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-303) and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Introduction. Scripture as communicative act -- Terminology and context for hermeneutics -- A communication model of hermeneutics -- Authors, texts, readers : historical movements and reactions -- Some affirmations about meaning from a communication model -- Developing textual meaning: implications, effects, and other ways of going "beyond" -- An invitation to active engagement : the reader and the Bible -- Genre and communication -- The language of the Bible -- The social world of the Bible -- Literary context, intertextuality, and canon -- Conceptualizing contextualization -- Contextualization : understanding scripture incarnationally -- Appendices: A. Exegesis guidelines -- B. Historical criticism -- C. Parallelism in Hebrew poetry -- D. Epistles : following an author's flow of thought -- E. How to go about topical studies.. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801027888 (pbk.) 0801027888 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006036880 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible--Hermeneutics.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Communication--Religious aspects--Christianity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS476  / .B68 2007 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>220.601