Negotiating boundaries: Israelites and Canaanites receive help from a Russian
Social location determines how one reads a text. This truism is amply illustrated by the different readings Native Americans and Euro-Americans bring to the Hebrew Bible's conquest narratives. These dissimilar interpretive positions offer evidence of latent attitudes of colonialism even in the...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Articolo |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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Creighton University
2010
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The journal of religion & society
Anno: 2010, Volume: 12 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
Theology
B Liberation Theology B Warrior B Indians of North America; Government relations B Robert Allen B Bakhtin B 1895-1975 B The B M M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich) B Contextual B Dialogue B Bible; Amerindian interpretations B Conquest of Canaan B Bible. Old Testament; Criticism B Canaanites B Interpretazione B Other |
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| Riepilogo: | Social location determines how one reads a text. This truism is amply illustrated by the different readings Native Americans and Euro-Americans bring to the Hebrew Bible's conquest narratives. These dissimilar interpretive positions offer evidence of latent attitudes of colonialism even in the twenty-first century. This article employs Mikail Bakhtin's concepts of dialogue and "outsidedness" to suggest a way forward in establishing a rapprochement between Euro-Americans and Native Americans (as well as other peoples who have been subjected to the negative forces of Western neo-colonialism). |
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| ISSN: | 1522-5658 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10504/64583 |