Thompson, John L.  1952- <br/><br/>
Reading the Bible with the Dead  What you can learn from the history of exegesis that you can't learn from exegesis alone 
John L. Thompson 
 - U.S.A.  William B. Eerdmans Pub.  2007 
 - 324tr.  paperback, illustrations  23 cm 
<br/><br/> John Thompson here presents nine case studies in the history of exegesis -- including the stories of Hagar and Jephthah's daughter, the imprecatory psalms, and texts that address domestic relations, particularly divorce -- in order to demonstrate the valuable insights into Scripture that we can gain not only from what individual commentators say but from fifteen centuries' cumulative witness to the meaning of Scripture in the life of the church... 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780802807533 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc History<br/>Exegesis
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>220.6  / T468-J65