This project utilizes cultural materialist methodologies to examine the doctrine of Scripture as it pertains to post-20th Century North American theologians. The dissertation puts forth the thesis that such theologians ignore the physical aspects of printed Bibles, preferring to refer instead to a reified and abstract notion of Scripture. As a result, additions by publishers such as footnotes, editorial addenda, marginalia and other paratextual effects function, for the theologian and lay reader alike, as a covert Magisterium, which shapes the readers interpretation and understanding of the text. This dissertation presents contemporary American theologians with a methodology for examining these covert influences, and exhorts them to respond to the ethical challenge posed by the presence of such covert ideological influences in printed versions Scripture.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:VANDERBILT/oai:VANDERBILTETD:etd-03232009-205641 |
| Date | 02 April 2009 |
| Creators | Dault, David |
| Contributors | Paul J. DeHart, M. Douglas Meeks, Patout Burns, William Franke, Leonard Greenspoon |
| Publisher | VANDERBILT |
| Source Sets | Vanderbilt University Theses |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu//available/etd-03232009-205641/ |
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