Interactions in Interpretation : The Pilgrimage of Meaning Through Biblical Texts and Contexts.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 To Understand a Dream - Interactions of a Motif -- The Origin of Dreams in the Bible against the Background of the Greek Theories of Dreams -- Ecclesiastes and Ecclesiasticus in Dispute: Are Dreams Permissible? -- Mordecai's Dream in Interaction with the Dreams of Joseph and Daniel -- What Did Paul Hear in the Third Heaven?: The Second-Century Christian Debate on Paul's Mystical Vision and Its Consequences -- The Double Interpretation of Eliphaz' Dream in Gregory the Great's Morals on the Book of Job -- Part 2 'To Listen, but Never Understand' - Interactions of a Text (Isa 6:9-10) -- The Strange Mission of Isaiah -- A Blinding Message: The Paradox of Obstinacy in Early Christian Theology -- Isaiah 6:9-10 in the Ending of Luke-Acts -- Isaiah 6:9-10 in Gnostic Interpretations -- Part 3 To Understand Anew - Intertextuality in Interpretation -- 'Do Not Go to Another Field': Late Antique Rabbinic-Patristic Exegetical Encounter over the Book of Ruth -- 'Do Not Submit Again to a Yoke of Slavery': Liberation in Christ as a 'New Exodus' in Paul's Letter to Galatians -- Augustine on Formae Christi: A Case Study of Inter(con)textuality -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Subjects and Names -- Index of Sources.

Interactions in Interpretation discusses various aspects of intertextuality of the world of the Bible, with focus on three perspectives: (1) interaction with a motif; (2) interaction with a text passage, (3) intertextuality in changing contexts.

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