Semeia 8: Literary Critical Studies of Biblical Texts

by Robert W. Funk

Publisher:

Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)

, 1977

Overview

Semeia is an experimental journal devoted to the exploration of new and emergent areas and methods of biblical criticism. Studies employing the methods, models, and findings of linguistics, folklore studies, contemporary literary criticism, structuralism, social anthropology, and other such disciplines and approaches, are invited. Although experimental in both form and content, Semeia proposes to publish work that reflects a well defined methodology that is appropriate to the material being interpreted.

Key Features

• Key perspectives on biblical criticism
• Includes bibliographies and index

Contributors

• Toni Craven
• Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis
• Benjamin J. Hubbard
• Saul Leeman
• David Robertson
• Wolfgang Roth
• James G. Williams

Product Details

• Title: Semeia 8: Literary Critical Studies of Biblical Texts
• Editor: Robert W. Funk
• Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
• Publication Date: 1977
• Pages: 131

About Robert W. Funk

Robert W. Funk is founder of the Jesus Seminar and Director of the Westar Institute in Santa Rosa, California. He has been a distinguished leader in biblical scholorship for more than thirty years. A Guggenheim Fellow and Fulbright Senior Scholar, he is the author of a dozen books, including Honest to Jesus and The Five Gospels.