Exegesis in the making : postcolonialism and New Testament studies / by Anna Runesson
- Author
- Runesson, Anna
- Published
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Physical Description
- xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Series
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction -- pt. ONE THE THEORETICAL LOCATION AND CONTRIBUTION OF POSTCOLONIAL NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES -- ch. Two Introduction -- 2.1.Procedure -- 2.2.Postcolonial Studies: Some Initial Remarks -- ch. Three The Theoretical Location of Postcolonial Studies -- 3.1.The Postcolonial Phenomenon: A Presentation and a Definition -- 3.1.1.Excursus: Who is a Postcolonial Scholar? -- 3.2.Perspectives and Methods -- 3.2.1.Episteme: What is Reality? -- 3.2.2.Deconstruction---a Theory and a Method -- 3.3.Postcolonial Studies and New Testament Exegesis -- 3.4.Summary -- ch. Four Deconstructing Western Biblical Studies -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2.Exegesis in a Nutshell: A Short Presentation of its History -- 4.2.1.Defining Exegesis -- 4.2.2.The Historical Critical Discourse -- 4.2.3.Summary -- 4.3.Postcolonial Critique of Traditional Historical Critical Discourse -- 4.3.1.General Critique of Historical Critical Discourse -- 4.3.1.1.Positivism and `Objectivism' -- 4.3.1.2.The Nature and Intention of the Biblical Text -- 4.3.2.Specific Critique of Historical Critical Discourse -- 4.3.2.1.Orientalism and the Portrayal of `the Other' -- 4.3.2.2.Hegemony and Truth Claims -- 4.3.2.3.Relevance as a Critical Problem -- 4.3.3.Kwok and the Quest for the Historical Jesus: A Test Case -- 4.3.Summary -- ch. Five Constructing Postcolonial Biblical Analysis -- 5.1.Redefining Exegesis: Introducing Postcolonial Approaches -- 5.2.Category One: Postcolonial Analysis within the Historical Critical Paradigm -- 5.2.1.Tracing Colonial Elements and Abuses in New Testament Texts -- 5.2.2.Mapping Colonial Spread of Western Biblical Criticism -- 5.2.3.Translating the Bible in an Indian Context -- 5.2.4.Inter-Textual Comparisons -- 5.2.5.Mapping Historical Contacts: The Ancient World Beyond the Euphrates -- 5.3.Category Two: Postcolonial Methodological Approaches Beyond Western Historical Critical Discourses -- 5.3.1.Dhvani Exegesis -- 5.3.2.Dalit Exegesis -- 5.3.3.Minjung Exegesis -- 5.3.4.Postcolonial Imagination -- 5.4.Summary -- ch. Six Summary and Conclusion: Postcolonialism and the Search for "Authentic Exegesis" -- pt. TWO POSTCOLONIAL READINGS -- ch. Seven Introduction -- ch. Eight Postcolonial Analysis, History, and Hermeneutics -- 8.1.Musa W. Dube (University of Botswana). Consuming a Colonial Cultural Bomb: Translating Badimo Into `Demons' in the Setswana Bible (Matthew 8.28-34; 15.22; 10.8) -- 8.2.Khiok-Khng Yeo (Garrett-Evangelical Seminary, USA/Beijing University, China). The Rhetorical Hermeneutic of 1 Corinthians 8 and Chinese Ancestor Worship -- 8.3.Gregory David Wiebe (McMaster University, Canada). The Demonic Phenomena of Mark's "Legion": Evaluating Postcolonial Understandings of Demon Possession -- ch. Nine Postcolonial Approaches Beyond Western Historical Critical Discourses -- 9.1.George M. Soares-Prabhu (De Nobili College in Pune, India [† 1995]). And There Was a Great Calm: A `Dhvani' Reading of the Stilling of the Storm (Mk 4:35-41) -- 9.2.George Zachariah (Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai, India). The Parable of the not so Prodigal Daughters: A Postcolonial Dalit Womanist Reading.
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- ISBN
- 9789004188365 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004188363 (hardback : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-248) and index.
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