Recent Research on Asian and Asian American Hermeneutics Related to the Hebrew Bible
Compared to Eurocentric biblical interpretations, Asian and Asian American hermeneutics is a relatively late phenomenon. Yet in the past three decades it has gradually emerged as one of the critical interpretations in contemporary scholarship. The common themes shared among Asian and Asian American...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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Currents in biblical research
Year: 2019, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 238-265 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asians
/ USA
/ Old Testament
/ Exodus
/ Exegesis
/ Hermeneutics
/ Feminist theology
/ Ethnology
/ Postcolonialism
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HA Bible KBM Asia KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethnography
B Asian American hermeneutics B perpetual foreigner B postcolonial interpretation B Diaspora B Exodus B Paria B model minority B Asian hermeneutics B Biblical Interpretation B intercontextual interpretation B feminist interpretation B Identity B Hybridity |
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| Summary: | Compared to Eurocentric biblical interpretations, Asian and Asian American hermeneutics is a relatively late phenomenon. Yet in the past three decades it has gradually emerged as one of the critical interpretations in contemporary scholarship. The common themes shared among Asian and Asian American hermeneutics revolve around the issues and intersections of identity, race, gender, class, liberation, and how one's social location shapes the ways in which one interprets scripture. As regards Asian and Asian American hermeneutics related to the Hebrew Bible, the book of Exodus has received particularly broad attention due to its migration and liberation motifs. In addition, border-crossing characters and characters with hybrid identities, such as Moses, Ruth, Hagar, Daniel, and Esther, become key subjects for theological reflection. Methodologies are centered on ethnographical, feminist, postcolonial, intercontextual, and culturally specific perspectives such as Dalit and Minjung theologies, as well as LGBTQ readings. As Asian and Asian American hermeneutics related to the Hebrew Bible continues to flourish, the future of this particular way of reading scripture will likely include intersectional and integrational approaches and reception history, and will contribute to the broad interpretive spectrums of the twenty-first century. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5200 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1476993X19832139 |