The matter of the text : material engagements between Luke and the five senses (book review)

This book offers an exposition of a reading strategy identified by the author as "material intertextuality:' This is defined in Chapters 1-3 through engagement with the history of the transmission of texts and literary theory. As such, the proposals, for many readers, will stand or fall on the basis of their reception of such theory. The strategy aims to increase awareness of the material dimensions of the Bible and reading, dimensions which may often be ignored within more traditional hermeneutics and reading. Thus the shape and feel of the text, and its performance, all become significant factors in the process of reading and in assessing the impact of reading strategies on the world