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The Ideology of Writers and Readers of the Hebrew BIble

David J a Clines

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Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
31 October 2025

Bibles; Old Testaments

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There is a twin focus in this volume. The title of a keynote essay-'Why Is There a Song of Songs, and What Does It Do to You If You Read It?'-hints at it. The focus is equally on the ideologies of the writers of the Hebrew Bible, who brought the text into being, and on the ideologies of its readers, who are being shaped by the text at the same moment that they are shaping it in their own image.

Uncovering the ideologies of writers are readers is the project of this book, calling for a step beyond the usual scholarly goal of understanding-to a practice of the art of critique.

Among the other chapters in this challenging book are:

- The Ten Commandments: Reading from Left to Right

- Metacommentating Amos

- Haggai's Temple, Constructed, Deconstructed and Reconstructed

- David the Man: The Construction of Masculinity in the Hebrew Bible

- Psalm 2 and the MLF (Moabite Liberation Front)

- God in the Pentateuch: Reading against the Grain

This is a reprint of the original 1995 edition, with a new cover only.

By: David J a Clines
Imprint: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 422g
ISBN: 9781914490682
ISBN 10: 1914490681
Pages: 298
Publication Date: 31 October 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active