Postcolonial Biblical Interpretation: Reframing Paul
In Postcolonial biblical interpretation Jeremy Punt reflects on the nature and value of postcolonial work as it relates to the interpretation of biblical (Pauline) texts.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
BRILL
2015
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| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Punt, J., 1962-, Postcolonial biblical interpretation] (2017) (Charles, Ronald)
[Rezension von: Punt, J., 1962-, Postcolonial biblical interpretation] (2017) (Luckritz Marquis, Timothy) |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | Studies in Theology and Religion Ser.
v.20 |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible ; Postcolonial criticism
B Bible ; Epistles of Paul ; Postcolonial criticism B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9789004288454 |
| Summary: | In Postcolonial biblical interpretation Jeremy Punt reflects on the nature and value of postcolonial work as it relates to the interpretation of biblical (Pauline) texts. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Possibilities and Prospects of Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: Doing Mind and Road Mapping -- Posing the Question(s) -- Another Tempest in the Postist World? -- Post-isms? Postcolonialism, Poststructuralism and Postmodernism -- The Post in Postcolonial? -- Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: Criteria and Characteristics -- Elements of Postcolonial Hermeneutics: Textuality and Postcolonial Politics -- Historical Leanings and a Twofold Archive -- The Status of the Texts -- Texts and Their Interpretative Traditions -- Rereading the Texts: Proficient Rediscovery and Subversive Rereading -- "Colonial Mimicry"? Using the Master's Tools, Indeed! -- Postcolonial Contenders? -- Cultural Studies and the Bible: A Useful Vantage Point -- Postcolonial and Empire Studies -- Decolonialising Studies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2. Postcolonial Readings, or Not? Obvious or Impossible? -- Aspects of the Hermeneutical Scene from a South African Perspective -- Why Not Postcolonial Biblical Criticism? -- Hermeneutics in Service to the Church and/or the Academy? -- Textual Politics and Real Readers in Actual Locations -- A Different Status for the Bible -- The Role of Tradition(s) of Interpretation -- Hybridity Confronts the Nationalist Agenda -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3. Postcolonial Theory as Academic Double Agent? Power, Ideology and Postcolonial Hermeneutics -- Why Postcolonial Biblical Studies? -- Re-Invoking Ideology? Postcolonial as Ideological Criticism -- Antipathy towards Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: The Case in Africa -- Turf Wars? Unsettling Liberation Theology? -- Continuing Struggles about Agency and Identity? -- Narrow Academic Enterprise? Ivory-Tower Discourse? -- Politically Ambiguous? -- A Compromised Bible (and Christian Faith)? -- Conclusion. |
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| ISBN: | 9004288465 |