Canon and Exegesis

Canonical Praxis and the Sodom Narrative

By: William John Lyons

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Previous attempts to critique the canonical approach of Brevard Childs have remained largely theoretical in nature. One of the weakness of canonical criticism, then, is its failure to have generated new readings of extended biblical passages. Reviewing the hermeneutics and the praxis of Childs' approach, Lyons then turns to the Sodom narrative (Gen 18-19) as a test of a practical exegesis according to Childs' principles, and then to reflect critically upon the reading experience generated. Surprisingly, the canonical reading produced is a wholly new one, centred around the complex, irreducible-even contradictory-request of Abraham for Yahweh to do justice (18:23-25).

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Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction	p. 1
The History of Biblical Theology and its Text(s)	p. 5
The Development of Biblical Theology through History and its View(s) of the Biblical Text	p. 5
The Historical Development of the Biblical Theology of Brevard S. Childs and its Canonical Approach to the Biblical Text	p. 25
An Outline of the Canonical Approach of Brevard S. Childs	p. 34
The Canonical Approach and Biblical Theology	p. 34
A Theoretical Justification for the Role of 'Canon' in the Canonical Approach	p. 40
The Praxis of the Canonical Approach	p. 59
The Hermeneutics of the Canonical Approach Reconsidered	p. 82
'Objectivity' and 'Perspectivity' in the Canonical Approach	p. 82
A Reconstruction Favouring 'Objectivity'	p. 85
Taking the Route of 'Perspectivity'	p. 94
The 'Community of Faith' and the 'Interpretive Community': Preliminary Consequences of Adopting a Fishian Hermeneutic	p. 115
Preliminaries to a Canonical Exegesis of Genesis 18-19	p. 124
The 'Sodom Narrative'	p. 124
Basic Readerly Presuppositions	p. 125
Diachronic Approaches to the 'Sodom Narrative'	p. 137
A Canonical Exegesis of the 'Sodom Narrative', Part 1: Genesis 18	p. 150
The Reception and Recognition of the Visitor(s) to Abraham (18.1-8)	p. 150
The Announcement of a Son to Sarah (18.9-15)	p. 165
Events on the Way to Sodom (18.16-21)	p. 174
Abraham's Challenge to YHWH (18.22-23)	p. 185
A Canonical Exegesis of the 'Sodom Narrative', Part 2: Genesis 19	p. 215
The Arrival of Two Visitors in Sodom (19.1-3)	p. 215
Surrounding the House (19.4-11)	p. 225
Excursus: Is There a 'Sin of Sodom'?	p. 234
Instructions for Lot and his Family (19.12-14)	p. 239
Lot's Departure from Sodom (19.15-22)	p. 242
The Destruction of Sodom (19.23-29)	p. 245
The Origins of Moab and Ammon (19.30-38)	p. 250
The Way Forward: Old Testament Texts in the Light of the Suggested Canonical Exegesis of Genesis 18-19	p. 253
Conclusion: A Critical Appraisal of the Canonical Approach	p. 260
Select Bibliography of the Work of Brevard Springs Childs	p. 276
General Bibliography	p. 280
Index of References	p. 304
Index of Authors	p. 313
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