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Drawing upon the pioneering work of the British theologian David Brown who argues for a non-static, 'moving text' that reaches beyond the biblical canon, this volume brings together twelve interdisciplinary essays, as well as a response from Brown. With essays ranging from New Testament textual criticism to the fiction of David Foster Wallace, The Moving Text provides an introduction to Brown and the Bible that will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as specialists in a wide range of fields.
Contributions include:
Ian Boxall (The Catholic University of America) "From the Magi to Pilate's Wife: David Brown, Tradition and the Reception of Matthew's Text,"
Robert MacSwain (The University of the South) "David Brown and Eleonore Stump on Biblical Interpretation,"
Aaron Rosen (Rocky Mountain College) "Revisions of Sacrifice: Abraham in Art and Interfaith Dialogue,"
Dennis F. Kinlaw III (Houston Baptist University) "The Forms of Faith in Contemporary American Fiction".
Contents
Editor's Introduction - Christopher R. Brewer
Part 1: The Biblical Text
1. Text and Tradition: David Brown and New Testament Textual Criticism - Garrick V. Allen
2. From the Magi to Pilate's Wife: David Brown, Tradition and the Reception of Matthew's Text - Ian Boxall
3. Memory, Remembrance and Imagination in the Formation of Redemptive Tradition: Reflecting on the Gospel of John with David Brown - Stephen C. Barton
4. Moving Texts and Mirror Neurons: David Brown and Eleonore Stump on Biblical Interpretation - Robert MacSwain
Part 2: The Visual Imagination
5. Paradise Reclaimed: Kerry James Marshall and Chris Ofili in the Garden of Eden - Taylor Worley
6. Re-visions of Sacrifice: Abraham in Art and Interfaith Dialogue - Aaron Rosen
7. 'Surely the Lord is in this Place': Jacob's Ladder in Painting, Contemporary Sculpture and Installation Art - Christopher R. Brewer
8. Understanding John's Visions: Unlocking the Insights of Revelation's Visual History - Natasha O'Hear
9. The Stained Glass Biblia Pauperum Windows of Steinfeld Abbey: Monastic Spirituality, Salvation History and the Theological Imagination - William P. Hyland
Part 3: The Literary Imagination
10. David Brown and the Virgin Mary: A Literary Perspective - Thomas Rist
11. Intertextuality, Tradition and Finding Theology in Unexpected Places: Reading Frankenstein with the Help of David Brown - Jon Greenaway
12. The Forms of Faith in Contemporary American Fiction - Dennis F. Kinlaw III
The Moving Text: A Reply - David Brown
Appendix: The Moving Text in the Life of the Church
Introduction - Garrick V. Allen, Christopher R. Brewer and Dennis F. Kinlaw III
The Ladder Between Heaven and Earth: John 1.43-51 234 - David Brown
Rachel and Leah: Genesis 29.15-28 - David Brown
Food offered to Idols and Idolatry in Word and Image: Revelation 2.12-17 - David Brown
Emotion and the Tears of Peter: Mark 8.31-38 - David Brown
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