Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. Preface XI
4. Abbreviations XII
5. 1. Prologue 1
6. 2. Genesis 34: Analysis of Why an old Testament Narrative Has Failed to Find Christian Significance Using literary Poetics and Neo-Structuralism 33
7. 3.Joshua 1-12: Myth, Symbol and a Proposal for the (Christian) Significance of חךם in the Book of Joshua 66
8. 4. The Joseph Story (Genesis 37-50): The Hermeneutical Significance of the Reception History and the Literary Horizons of Three Theologically Problematic Texts 103
9. 5. The David Story: The Hermeneutical and Theological Significance of'Minimalism' 148
10. 6. Rahab and Dinah Revisited: 'Reading as' Scripture through Possible Construals of the 'World of the Text' in Christian Contexts 182
11. 7. The Story of Ruth: Relationships between the Reader, Christian Ethics and Old Testament Narrative 206
12. 8. Genesis 1:26: Christian Theology, Metaphysics, and Old Testament Narrative 234
13. 9. Salvation History: A Framework for Old Testament Interpretation? The Second Naivete, the Patristic Concept of Oikonomia, and Myth 273
14. 10. Epilogue: Reading old Testament Narrative as Christian Scripture as a Task Best Left Jagged 321
15. Bibliography 333
16. Index of Subjects and Authors 351
17. Index of Scripture 362