Readings from the edges: the Bible and people on the move

Good fences and good neighbors? : biblical scholars and theologians -- The Bible and liberation : between the preferential option for the poor and the hermeneutical privilege of the poor -- Latino/a biblical studies as public theology and the case of U.S. immigration reform -- Abram and Sarai cross...

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Main Author: Ruiz, Jean-Pierre 1958- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Maryknoll, New York Orbis Books 2011
In:Year: 2011
Reviews:[Rezension von: RUIZ, JEAN-PIERRE, Readings from the Edges: The Bible and People on the Move (Studies in Latino/a Catholicism)] (2014) (Snyder, Susanna, 1978 -)
Series/Journal:Studies in Latino/a catholicism
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible / Stranger / Migration
Further subjects:B Emigration and immigration Religious aspects Catholic Church
B Theology (Latin America)
B Emigration and immigration Religious aspects Catholic Church
B Theology Latin America
B Catholic Church Doctrines
B Catholic Church Doctrines
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Summary:Good fences and good neighbors? : biblical scholars and theologians -- The Bible and liberation : between the preferential option for the poor and the hermeneutical privilege of the poor -- Latino/a biblical studies as public theology and the case of U.S. immigration reform -- Abram and Sarai cross the border : a reading of Genesis 12:10-20 -- Symbolism on the street : reading prophecy as performance in Ezekiel 12:1-16 -- An exile's baggage : a postcolonial reading of Ezekiel 20 -- "They could not speak the language of Judah" : rereading Nehemiah 13 between Brooklyn and Jerusalem -- The view from Northern Boulevard : reading Matthew's parable of the day laborers -- The Bible and the exegesis of empire : reading Christopher Columbus's El libro de las profecias
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1570759448