Play of signifiers : poststructuralism and study of the Bible / by George Aichele.

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Aichele, George [author.]

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9789004326125
900432612X

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220.6 23

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BS413

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Contents:

Intro; Contents; Acknowledgment; The Play of Signifiers: Poststructuralism and Study of the Bible; Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Part 1: What is Poststructuralism?; Semiotics; Ideology; Theology; Part 2: Consequences; The Matter of the Signifier; Translation; Differences of Medium; Story, History, and Virtuality; Part 3: Implications for Biblical Studies; Technologies of Text; Translation; Canon; Afterlives and Precursors; Part 4: Further Possibilities; Semiotics and the Codex; Canon and Technologies of Writing; Popular Culture, the Convergence of Media, and Commodification ofthe Bible

Summary: This volume presents a brief introduction to the scholarly methodology known as \'poststructuralism.\' The first two chapters discuss basic concepts in poststructuralist study in general, as well as major concerns involved in poststructural study of any text. The focus is on the importance of the materiality of the signifier and how that materiality both plays a part in and disrupts the construction of meaning. The second two chapters show more specifically how these concepts and concerns come to bear on the study of biblical texts and related material. The focus is on a poststructural methodology that questions and challenges the meanings that readers assign to biblical texts. These four chapters are followed by a brief conclusion.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 86-91).

This volume presents a brief introduction to the scholarly methodology known as \'poststructuralism.\' The first two chapters discuss basic concepts in poststructuralist study in general, as well as major concerns involved in poststructural study of any text. The focus is on the importance of the materiality of the signifier and how that materiality both plays a part in and disrupts the construction of meaning. The second two chapters show more specifically how these concepts and concerns come to bear on the study of biblical texts and related material. The focus is on a poststructural methodology that questions and challenges the meanings that readers assign to biblical texts. These four chapters are followed by a brief conclusion.

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