Postcolonial Commentary and the Old Testament [Hardcover]

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.

Preface
Acknowledgements
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Introduction - Hemchand Gossai, Northern Virginia Community College, USA
Foreword - Samuel Balentine, Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education, USA
Exodus - Robert Wafula, Luther College, USA
Leviticus - Alice Laffey, College of the Holy Cross, USA
Numbers - Jione Havea, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Numbers - Dora R. Mbuwayesango, Hood Theological Seminary, USA
Deuteronomy - K?re Berge, NLA University College, Norway
Judges - Cristina Garcia-Alfonso, Hispanic Theological Initiative, USA
Judges - Uriah Kim, graduate Theological Union, USA
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