An Ecology of Scriptures : Experiences of Dwelling Behind Early Jewish and Christian Texts (Hardcover)

List of Figures Abbreviations Foreword - James Charlesworth Preface Introduction Chapter 1. The Ecology of the Fourth Gospel: Bachelard's Hermeneutics of Home and Martyn's "Two-Level Drama." Chapter 2. Space Matters for Scripture and Ecology Matters for Space: Critical Observations from John 4. Chapter 3. The Undisputed Pauline Corpus and Gentile Believers as the Dwelling of God. Chapter 4. Identification with a Marginal Home: Waters of Judgment as the Oppressed in the Parables of Enoch Chapter 5. Pit and Prison, Doors and Dwelling: Phenomenologies of the Familiar in the Book of Revelation Chapter 6. "Real" Visions of the Ideal Home: From Ascetic Dwellings to the Isle of the Blessed Ones in the History of the Rechabites Chapter 7. Augustine's Christological Emphasis in De Trinitate: An Affirmation of the Human Ecology. Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Core Function of "Ecology" in Scriptural Production and Interpretation. Acknowledgements Selected Bibliography Index