Postcolonial Biblical Reader

Name: Postcolonial Biblical Reader
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ISBN: 9781405133500

ISBN-10: 1405133503

ISBN-13: 9781405133500

Edition: 2006 (Revised)

Authors: R. S. Sugirtharajah

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This wide-ranging Reader provides a comprehensive survey of the interaction between postcolonial criticism and biblical studies. Examines how various empires such as the Persian and Roman affected biblical narratives. Demonstrates how different biblical writers such as Paul, Matthew and Mark handled the challenges of empire. Includes examples of the practical application of postcolonial criticism to biblical texts. Considers contemporary issues such as diaspora, race, representation and territory. Editorial commentary draws out the key points to be made and creates a coherent narrative.

Book details

List price: $64.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.80" wide x 9.70" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




Theoretical practices


Introduction : theoretical practices




Charting the aftermath : a review of postcolonial criticism




Biblical criticism and postcolonial studies : toward a potcolonial optic




Making the connections : postcolonial studies and feminist biblical interpretation




Empires old and new


Introduction : empires old and new




Renewal movements and resistance to empire in ancient Judea




Postcolonialism and imperial motives for canonization




Roman imperialism and early Christian scribality




Desiring war : apocalypse, commodity fetish, and the end of history




Empire and exegesis


Introduction : empire and exegesis




The implications of the text of esther for African women's struggle for liberation in South Africa




Rahab says hello to Judith : a decolonizing feminist reading




The sign of Orpah : reading Ruth through native eyes




On naming the subject : postcolonial reading of Daniel 1




Decolonizing Yahweth : a postcolonial reading of 2 Kings 24-25




Mark and empire : "zealot" and "postcolonial" readings




Tyranny, boundary, and might : colonial mimicry in Mark's gospel




Maori "Jews" and a resistant reading of John 5.10-47




God at the crossroads : a postcolonial reading of Sophia




Postcolonial concerns


Introduction : postcolonial concerns




How local divine powers were suppressed : a case of Mwari of the Shona




Cutchery Tamil versus pure Tamil : contesting language use in the translated Bible in the early nineteenth-century Protestant Tamil community




Canonization and marginalization : Mary of Magdala




Exodus-toward-Egypt : Filipino-Americans' struggle to realize the promised land in America