The “Poor” in Ancient Israel – and in Contemporary African Biblical Studies
The academic discipline of biblical studies experiences an increasing tendency to engage in burning issues of our own time. The contemporary globalization of the subject – with more and stronger exponents outside its traditional Western habitat – challenges a discipline that used to be defined as a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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| In: |
Mission studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 209-221 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
African Theology
/ Biblical studies
/ Poverty
/ Globalization
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NCE Business ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Africa
Bible
biblical studies
hermeneutics
interpretation
missiology
Old Testament
poverty
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | The academic discipline of biblical studies experiences an increasing tendency to engage in burning issues of our own time. The contemporary globalization of the subject – with more and stronger exponents outside its traditional Western habitat – challenges a discipline that used to be defined as a purely historical enterprise whose only purpose was that of providing textual and historical raw materials for others, such as the supposedly “real” theologians of systematic theology, practical theology, or missiology. Using examples provided by African biblical scholars who interpret biblical concepts of poverty, the article argues that the academic discipline of biblical studies has a mandate to participate in the current struggle for justice and human dignity, and to do so with its particular insights and tools vis-à-vis the biblical texts. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-3831 |
| Contains: | In: Mission studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341448 |