Canon and Exegesis: Canonical Praxis and the Sodom Narrative

William John Lyons (University of Bristol, UK)

Canon and Exegesis: Canonical Praxis and the Sodom Narrative
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country
United Kingdom
Published
1 July 2002
Pages
328
ISBN
9781841272955

Canon and Exegesis: Canonical Praxis and the Sodom Narrative

William John Lyons (University of Bristol, UK)

Previous attempts to critique the canonical approach of Brevard Childs have remained largely theoretical in nature. One of the weakness of canonical criticism, then, is its failure to have generated new readings of extended biblical passages. Reviewing the hermeneutics and the praxis of Childs’ approach, Lyons then turns to the Sodom narrative (Gen 18-19) as a test of a practical exegesis according to Childs’ principles, and then to reflect critically upon the reading experience generated. Surprisingly, the canonical reading produced is a wholly new one, centred around the complex, irreducible-even contradictory-request of Abraham for Yahweh to do justice (18:23-25).

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