{"product_id":"spirit-and-the-letter","title":"Spirit and the Letter","description":"\u003cb\u003eDistinguished philosopher Giorgio Agamben offers an archaeological inquiry into the problem of scriptural interpretation. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The problem of interpreting Scripture—above all, sacred scripture, but ultimately any form of writing—coincides with the very history of Western culture. It is no surprise, then, that an archaeological inquiry such as the one proposed here—on the problem of interpretation from Origen to Auerbach, from the Talmud to Benjamin—might hold unexpected revelations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Essential reading for scholars of theology, religious studies, and hermeneutics interested in the history of scriptural interpretation, \u003ci\u003eThe Spirit and the Letter \u003c\/i\u003ehighlights how the interpretation of Scripture reveals itself as inseparable from ethics and politics.\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Seagull Books London Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56497047175512,"sku":"9781803096407","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781803096407.jpg?v=1781024425","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/spirit-and-the-letter","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}