Postcolonial biblical interpretation : reframing Paul /

Postcolonial biblical interpretation : reframing Paul /

In Postcolonial biblical interpretation Jeremy Punt reflects on the nature and value of the postcolonial hermeneutical approach, as it relates to the interpretation of biblical and in particular, Pauline texts. Showing when a socio-politically engaged reading becomes postcolonial, but also what in t...

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Main Author: Punt, J.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Series: Studies in Theology and Religion 20.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287471.

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Bible > Postcolonial criticism.
Bible. > Epistles of Paul > Postcolonial criticism.

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Call Number: BS521.86 .P86 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Possibilities and Prospects of Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: Doing Mind and Road Mapping
  • Postcolonial Readings, or Not? Obvious or Impossible?
  • Postcolonial Theory as Academic Double Agent? Power, Ideology and Postcolonial Hermeneutics
  • Competing Missions in Acts. Countervailing "Missionary" Forces: Empire and Church in Acts
  • Paul and Postcolonial Hermeneutics: Marginality and/in Early Biblical Interpretation (2Cor 10-13)
  • Postcolonial Clashing with Empire in 1Thessalonians 4-5
  • Paul, Power and Philemon: "Knowing Your Place"
  • Paul, Body, and Resurrection in an Imperial Setting. Considering Hermeneutics and Power
  • Negotiating Creation in Imperial Times (Romans 8:18-30)
  • Conclusion: Pauline Agency in Postcolonial Perspective: Subverter of, or Agent for Empire?
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index.