Ruth Anne Reese

Writing Jude: the Reader, the Text and the Author in Constructs of Power and Desire (Biblical Interpretation Series) Ruth Anne Reese

This volume offers a practical application of literary theory to the epistle of Jude. As such it explores the nature of language, reading and interpretation and contains a chapter on each of the elements that affect interpretation - reader, text, and author. In these broad categories, the book examines various contemporary literary theories and their application to a particular text, the epistle of Jude. This book aims to provide a clear introduction to some of the most well-known literary theories of the 20th-century and provides a demonstration of those theories in a particular text.