{"product_id":"building-a-community-of-interpreters-walter-r-dickhaut-9781498214995","title":"Building a Community of Interpreters: Readers and Hearers as Interpreters","description":"In Building a Community of Interpreters Walter Dickhaut argues that the practice of reading (and, by extension, listening) is no less creative than the practice of writing (and speaking); readers and hearers, just as much as writers and speakers, are producers of meaning. Hence, the work of biblical interpretation is the work--the calling--of a community. Focused on the experience of the reader (or hearer) of biblical texts, he explores such questions as: -What happens when the author disappears? -What happens when a reader opens a book to meet the author? -What happens when a book is read? -What happens when the reader changes spectacles? Into discussion of such issues as the reader's angle of vision, when texts open and close, the reader's expectations, the reader's meeting up with the text, and the functions of filters and lenses in the practice of reading and hearing, the author introduces mystery, surprise, and expectation as hermeneutical lenses that can enlarge what may be seen in biblical texts. In addition to some homiletical samples, the author concludes with a suggested teaching plan for building a community of interpreters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Walter R. Dickhaut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1498214991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781498214995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cascade Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Walter R. Dickhaut","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453709693183,"sku":"9781498214995","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_250f3d11-b43d-4aef-bec1-af92b28c8d3a.jpg?v=1777301817","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/building-a-community-of-interpreters-walter-r-dickhaut-9781498214995","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}