Asian Biblical Hermeneutics and Postcolonialism

R. S. Sugirtharajah

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Author
R. S. Sugirtharajah
Publish Date
1998-09-01
Book Type
Paperback
Number of Pages
148
Publisher Name
Orbis Books
ISBN-10
1570752052
ISBN-13
9781570752056
citemno
280890
Subtitle
Contesting the Interpretations
Edition
1
SKU
9781570752056

Description

The volume contributes a postcolonial perspective to such topics as textual production, commentarial writings and translations in colonial times, and then moves on to inspect Eurocentric notions embedded in current western biblical interpretation especially in projects such as "Jesus Research." It also contains an overview of and introduction to one of the most challenging and controversial theories of our time, postcolonialism--a theory that gives mediation and representation to Third World people. Though long established in cultural studies, postcolonial theory has not previously been seriously applied to Asian biblical interpretation.>