The World in Front of the Text considers how the interpretation of the text relates to the readers' social and cultural context. This perspective may also be referred to as biblical hermeneutics.
It includes:
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Texts @ Contexts series (see all titles in this series):
Genesis
Exodus and Deuteronomy
Leviticus and Numbers
Joshua and Judges
Five Scrolls (Ruth, Song of Songs, Qoheleth, Lamentations, Esther)
Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah
Matthew
Mark
Luke-Acts
1 and 2 Corinthians
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