RT Book
T1 Postcolonial commentary and the Old Testament
A2 Laffey, Alice L. 1944-
A2 Gossai, Hemchand 1954-
LA English
PP London
PB Bloomsbury Publishing
YR 2019
ED 1 [edition]
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1681961091
AB "This is the first volume to provide a wide range of postcolonial interpretations of and commentaries upon significant texts in the Hebrew Bible. The volume intersects with the work of the key theorists in postcolonial studies such as Fanon, Senghor, Said and Spivak as well as with scholars such as Sugirtharajah, Kwok Pui-lan, and Segovia who have applied this theory to biblical studies. Texts have been chosen specifically for their relevance to postcolonial discourse, rather than seeking to cover each biblical document. This volume is designed to demonstrate how historical criticism, postmodernism, and the important concerns of postcolonial readings may be integrated to obtain an informed explanation of the Hebrew Bible and the writings of early Judaism. The chapters are written by scholars who represent a spectrum of national, indigenous, and diasporic contexts. Taken together these perspectives and the interpretations they yield represent a continued expansion of the manner in which Old Testament texts are read and interpreted through postcolonial lenses, reminding readers that the interpretive trajectories of these texts are almost inexhaustible. As such the volume serves as not only an addition to ongoing scholarship on postcolonialism but also as an expansion of the horizon for dialogue."--Bloomsbury Publishing
OP 334
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BS1171.3
SN 9780567680976
SN 9780567680990
SN 9780567680969
K1 Bible : Old Testament : Postcolonial criticism
K1 Bible : Old Testament : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Postcolonialism
DO 10.5040/9780567680976