Contextual biblical hermeneutics as multicentric dialogue : towards a Singaporean reading of Daniel /

Contextual biblical hermeneutics as multicentric dialogue : towards a Singaporean reading of Daniel /

In this book, Stephen Lim offers a contextual way of reading biblical texts that reconceptualises context as an epistemic space caught between the modern/colonial world system and local networks of knowledge production. In this light, he proposes a multicentric dialogical approach that takes into ac...

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Main Author: Lim, Chin Ming Stephen (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series 175.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390805.

Subjects:

Bible. > Daniel > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > Singapore.
Bible. > Daniel > Reader-response criticism.
Multiculturalism > Religious aspects > Christianity.

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Call Number: BS1555.52 .L56 2019

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Reading the Bible in Asia Today
  • A Singaporean Way of Reading
  • Challenges That Confront Any Attempt to Construct a Contextual Hermeneutic
  • Reading and Nonspecialist Readers: Raising Consciousness
  • Reading and the Other: A Framework for Conversation
  • From the Abstract to the Concrete: Reading the Stories of Daniel in Singapore
  • Making Connections
  • Reading Daniel 1 in the Classroom of National Education
  • Braving the Furnace of the Lion's Den in the Lion City
  • Whose Dreams?
  • Daniel: From the Ancient Near East to Singapore
  • Conclusion: Possible Futures for Bible and Asia?
  • Back Matter
  • Appendix 1: Postcolonial and Decolonial: 'Same Same but Different'
  • Bibliography
  • Index.