Reading the Bible across Contexts

Reading the Bible across Contexts
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 432
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ISBN-10 : 9789004323209
ISBN-13 : 9004323201
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Synopsis Reading the Bible across Contexts by : Esa J. Autero

In Reading the Bible Across Contexts Esa Autero offers a fresh perspective on Luke’s poverty texts. In addition to an historical reading, he conducted an empirical investigation of two Latin American Bible reading groups – one poor and the other affluent – to shed light on Luke’s poverty texts. The interaction between historical reading and present-day readings demonstrates the impact of socio-economic status on biblical hermeneutics and sheds new light on Luke’s views on wealth and poverty. At the same time Esa Autero critically examines liberation theologian’s claim that poor are privileged biblical interpreters.

Reading the Bible in the Global Village

Reading the Bible in the Global Village
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Publisher : Brill Academic Publishers
Total Pages : 230
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015055458908
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Synopsis Reading the Bible in the Global Village by : Justin S. Ukpong

The world is increasingly assuming the characteristics of a "global village," as transportation and information technologies make travel and communications around the globe ever quicker and easier. The world of biblical scholarship has not been immune to such changes. Increasingly, biblical scholars everywhere recognize that they are "reading the Bible in the global village," and that as they do so they must be aware of their particular contexts for reading the Bible, and of the relationships and tensions between the global and the local, the general and the particular. This volume, which derives from the 2000 SBL International Meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, presents essays by eight scholars who all either come from Africa or have strong interests in African biblical scholarship. Taken together, their work provides a good overview of and introduction to some of the key issues, themes, theories, and practices that are characteristic of the best contemporary biblical study in Africa. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)

Readings from the Edges

Readings from the Edges
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Publisher : Orbis Books
Total Pages : 169
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ISBN-10 : 9781570759444
ISBN-13 : 1570759448
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Readings from the Edges by : Jean-Pierre Ruiz

Weaving together a range of 'border' themes - migration, postcolonialism, living in exile, and the immigrant experience - these readings bring fresh new insights to scholars, clergy, and others with backgrounds in contemporary theology and biblical study.

Reading the New Testament in the Manifold Contexts of a Globalized World

Reading the New Testament in the Manifold Contexts of a Globalized World
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Publisher : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 9783772057656
ISBN-13 : 3772057659
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Synopsis Reading the New Testament in the Manifold Contexts of a Globalized World by : Eve-Marie Becker

This volume gathers the perspectives of teachers in higher education from all over the world on the topic of New Testament scholarship. The goal is to understand and describe the contexts and conditions under which New Testament research is carried out throughout the world. This endeavor should serve as a catalyst for new initiatives and the development of questions that determine the future directions of New Testament scholarship. At the same time, it is intended to raise awareness of the global dimensions of New Testament scholarship, especially in relation to its impact on socio-political debates. The occasion for these reflections are not least the present questions that have been posed with the corona pandemic and have received a focus on the "system relevance" of churches, which is openly questioned by the media. The church and theology must face this challenge. Towards that end, it is important to gather impulses and suggestions for the discipline from a variety of contexts in which different dimensions of context-related New Testament research come to the fore.

Making Peace in the Global Village

Making Peace in the Global Village
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Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages : 124
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ISBN-10 : 0664243436
ISBN-13 : 9780664243432
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Making Peace in the Global Village by :

Advocates the role of a Christian approach to peacemaking in an age of increased militarism, nuclear proliferation, and an escalating international arms race

Gospel in the Global Village

Gospel in the Global Village
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Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9780819223432
ISBN-13 : 0819223433
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Gospel in the Global Village by : Katharine Jefferts Schori

In her second book, Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori explores issues and challenges of deep concern to Christians around the world.

Bridging Scripture and Moral Theology

Bridging Scripture and Moral Theology
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 269
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ISBN-10 : 9781498567763
ISBN-13 : 1498567762
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Synopsis Bridging Scripture and Moral Theology by : Michael B. Cover

This book comprises essays honoring the life and work of Yiu Sing Lúcás Chan, S.J., who died unexpectedly on May 19, 2015, at the end of his first year as a member of the faculty in the Department of Theology at Marquette University. The editors intend to commemorate Chan’s brief but productive career by furthering the critical conversations he started. The essays included thus touch on aspects of the brilliant young Jesuit’s wide-ranging work in the fields of scriptural research, moral theology, and systematic theology. Each essay either engages Chan’s scholarship directly or seeks to advance his design to bridge the disciplinary gaps between scriptural research and constructive theology. This book includes contributions by noted Roman Catholic theologians James F. Keenan, S.J., Bryan N. Massingale, and John R. Donohue, S.J., as well as two original poems by his Marquette colleagues dedicated to Lúcás.

The Historical-Critical Method: A Guide for the Perplexed

The Historical-Critical Method: A Guide for the Perplexed
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9780567578204
ISBN-13 : 0567578208
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis The Historical-Critical Method: A Guide for the Perplexed by : David R. Law

Historical Critical Analysis is the main way in which the Bible (both the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and the New Testament) has been examined and read by scholars in the last century. The term refers to a range of methodologies which examine the origins of biblical texts, in relation to other contemporaneous texts, to form critical approaches and to questions of authorship, audience and authenticty. The aim is to get as close to the 'original text' and its 'original meaning' as possible. For many years Historical Critical Method has been the cornerstone upon which biblical scholarship is built, even as modern studies examine other theoretical approaches to reading the text in history, tradition, and from different audience perspectives the Historical Critical Method still presents the crucial starting point for students and scholars.

The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation

The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 411
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ISBN-10 : 9781108857161
ISBN-13 : 1108857167
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation by : Ian Boxall

This Cambridge Companion offers an up-to-date and accessible guide to the fast-changing discipline of biblical studies. Written by scholars from diverse backgrounds and religious commitments – many of whom are pioneers in their respective fields – the volume covers a range of contemporary scholarly methods and interpretive frameworks. The volume reflects the diversity and globalized character of biblical interpretation in which neat boundaries between author-focused, text-focused, and reader-focused approaches are blurred. The significant space devoted to the reception of the Bible – in art, literature, liturgy, and religious practice – also blurs the distinction between professional and popular biblical interpretation. The volume provides an ideal introduction to the various ways that scholars are currently interpreting the Bible. It offers both beginning and advanced students an understanding of the state of biblical interpretation, and how to explore each topic in greater depth.