
Postcolonial Biblical Criticism
Interdisciplinary Intersections
T.& T.Clark Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 6. April 2005
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-567-08439-2 (ISBN)
Description
Postcolonial studies has recently made significant inroads into biblical studies, giving rise to numerous conference papers, articles, essays and books. 'Postcolonial Biblical Criticism' is the most in-depth and multifaceted introduction to this emerging field to date. It probes postcolonial biblical criticism from a number of different but interrelated angles in order to bring it into as sharp a focus as possible, so that its promise - and potential pitfalls - can be better appreciated. This volume carefully positions postcolonial biblical criticism in relation to other important political and theoretical currents in contemporary biblical studies: feminism; racial/ethnic studies; poststructuralism; and Marxism. Alternating between hermeneutical and exegetical reflection, the essays cumulatively isolate and evaluate the definitive features of postcolonial biblical criticism. Such a mapping of postcolonial biblical criticism as a whole has never before been undertaken in such explicit and detailed terms. The contributors include Roland Boer, Laura E. Donaldson, David Jobling, Tat-siong Benny Liew, Stephen D. Moore and Fernando F. Segovia.
Reviews / Votes
Review in International Review of Biblical Studies, Vol 51: 2004/05 'A very welcom mapping, discussion and evalutation of what has become a significant approach to biblical interpretation. This is a useful collection. In particular, Segovia's critical analysis of a range of key texts from the 1990s is bound to become a standard point of reference. Liew's article is also of particular value in the range of critical theoretical issues that it raises.' ~ Peter Oakes, 28.5, 2006 -- Peter Oakes * Journal for the Study of the New Testament * The assemblage of biblical scholars who have contributed to this book is its major strength. These are all well-published authors, most of whom have spent decades traversing the theoretical underpinnings of various critical approaches to the Bible - poststructuralism, postmodernism, Marxism, ideological criticism, feminism, and race/ethnicity.before turning to postcolonialism. .. for many biblical scholars, most of whom may be just beginning to reflect on concepts such as hybridity, mimicry, ambivalence, dislocation, diaspora, colonialism, and the like, this book should find a ready reading audience. The authors have a firm grasp of the issues at stake in interpreting the Bible along postcolonial lines. The book deserves to be read widely and would be especially useful in upper-division undergraduate classes in Bible and in seminary courses dealing with hermeneutical issues. -- Jeffrey L Staley * Review of Biblical Literature *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
467 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-567-08439-2 (9780567084392)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Fernando F. Segovia is Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, at the Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. His recent publications include Postcolonial Biblical Criticism (T&T Clark, 2005), coedited with Stephen Moore; Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: Essays in Honor of Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza (Orbis Books, 2003). Stephen D. Moore is Edmund S. Janes Professor of New Testament Studies at the Theological School, Drew University, USA.
Content
The volume will consist of six major essays, prefaced by a general introduction by the two editors. The contributors are all seasoned scholars and well-known figures in contemporary biblical studies. The essays are as follows: Stephen D. Moore (Drew University) and Fernando F. Segovia (Vanderbilt University) 'Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: Meanderings and Intersections' Fernando F. Segovia (Vanderbilt University) 'Mapping the Postcolonial Optic for Biblical Criticism: Meaning and Scope' Stephen D. Moore (Drew University) 'Questions of Biblical Ambivalence and Authority under a Tree outside Delhi; or, the Postcolonial and the Postmodern' Laura E. Donaldson (Cornell University) 'Gospel Hauntings: The Postcolonial Demons of New Testament Criticism' Tat-siong Benny Liew (Chicago Theological Seminary) 'Margins and (Cutting-) Edges: On the (II)Legitimacy and Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and (Post)Colonialism' Roland Boer (Monash University) 'Marx, Postcolonialism, and the Bible' David Jobling (The University of Saskatchewan) 'Postcolonialism and Marxism'