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Author Kort, Wesley A., author.

Title Textuality, culture and scripture : a study in interrelations / Wesley A. Kort
Published London, UK ; New York, NY : Anthem Press, an imprint of Wimbledon Publishing Company, [2020]
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Contents Introduction -- The rise of a "materialist culture" -- Textuality and culture -- "Scripture" as a necessary category in an adequate textual theory -- Scripture and the bible -- Reading the bible as scripture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
Summary (3z (BTextuality, Culture and Scripture, (3y (Ba study of the necessary and close relations between the three concepts, describes the prominent role of texts and textuality in Western modernity and the exchange of textual for material understandings of culture that becomes apparent in the middle of the twentieth century. Taking its starting point in the turn or return in cultural studies to textuality, the argument addresses the necessary role of texts and textuality in cultural, group and personal identities. Central to the argument is the thesis that (3z (Bscripture, (3y (Brather than an occasional or optional textual category, should be seen as playing a necessary role in an adequate textual theory
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 14, 2019)
SUBJECT Bible -- Evidences, authority, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013636
Bible -- Reading. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013712
Bible. fast (OCoLC)fst01356024
Subject Christianity and culture.
Christianity and literature.
Bible as literature.
RELIGION -- General.
Authority -- Religious aspects.
Bible as literature.
Christianity and culture.
Christianity and literature.
Reading.
Form Electronic book
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