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Hidden in Plain Sight
Robert P. Debelak Jr.
其他書名
Esther and a Marginalized Hermeneutic
出版Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2008-02-15
主題Religion / Biblical Studies / GeneralReligion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / GeneralReligion / Biblical Reference / General
ISBN14982753709781498275378
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=pN7PDAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Hidden in Plain Sight explores the potential contours of reading biblical narrative. The Old Testament book of Esther is used to advance a prospective shape for this reading method, and proposes a profile for curriculum design. This work demonstrates that the text of Scripture itself proposes a reading method. Esther is an underestimated heroine in her story world. Her character is informed by the silent actions of Vashti and by the intentionality of Mordecai. She is confronted with a writing that challenges her with few options, each of which is deconstructed and focused in community dialogue. At a pivotal stage in the narrative, she acts in solidarity with those under a death threat, emerging as an agent of life. Esther's actions and speeches are traced as one entry into a story world, proposing a means for students of Scripture to gain appreciable reading skills via sensitivity to the general components of Old Testament narrative. This reading informs a study method enabling direct engagement with a text and appreciation for the art of literary crafting. The approach is suitable for Christian education and biblical study settings at the academic level, and for use in local church ministries.