ABSTRACT
The problems of self-disclosure, the possibility that biblical studies could collapse into "what the text means to me", an orgy of the ego. In Section III, chapter set off in a new methodological direction, and this Entr'acte is a reflection on author critical strategy. Awareness, indeed an appreciation, of camp is no longer confined to a secretive minority, yet chapter cannot imagine that anyone but a gay man would notice the camp in Ezekiel 23, let alone consider that such an appreciation was worth a wider audience. The methodological stance of Section III is not entirely unfamiliar to biblical criticism. Its move away from the text-focused concerns of Section II owes something to reader-response criticism (RRC). The Bible and Culture Collective have mapped this reluctance of biblical scholars to realize the full potential of RRC.
