Literary Criticism and Biblical Hermeneutics

Twentieth-century literary criticism and Protestant theologies share acultural sensibility, a number of presuppositions, and several analogousdifficulties. Lynn M. Poland critically examines these common elements,assessing the promise and limit of the "literary turn" in the interpretation ofbiblical texts. Drawing on the writings of Crossan, Via, Frei, and Ricoeur, shedevelops a model of contextual inquiry necessary for the adaptation of literarycriticism for theological hermeneutics.Poland, Lynn M. is the author of 'Literary Criticism and Biblical Hermeneutics' with ISBN 9780891308362 and ISBN 0891308369.