Postcolonial criticism and biblical interpretation / R.S. Sugirtharajah
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TextoDetalles de publicación: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002 Descripción: IX, 231 p. : il. ; 24 cmISBN: 0-19-875269-5Tema(s): Postcolonialismo | Biblia -- Crítica, interpretación, etc | Descolonización en la literaturaResumen: In this stimulating study, R. S. Sugirtharajah explores the implications of postcolonial criticism for biblical studies. He provides a comprehensive overview of the origins, definitions, and procedures of postcolonial criticism, followed by a discussion of the significance of postcolonial criticism in biblical interpretation. He reveals how postcolonial criticism can offer an alternative perspective to our understanding of the Bible, and how, when the Bible has been deployed as a Western cultural icon, it has come to be questioned in new ways. INDICE: Introduction; I. POSTCOLONIAL CONSTRUALS; 1. Charting the aftermath: a review of postcolonial criticism; 2. Redress, regeneration, redemption: a survey of biblical interpretation; 3. Coding and decoding: postcolonial theory and biblical interpretation; 4. Convergent trajectories? Liberation hermeneutics and postcolonial biblical criticism; II. POSTCOLONIAL PREOCCUPATIONS; 5. The version on which the sun never sets: the English Bible and its authorizing tendencies; 6. Blotting the master's copy: locating bible translations; 7. Hermeneutics in transit: diaspora and interpretations; Afterword; Bibliography
| Tipo de ítem | Biblioteca de origen | Signatura | URL | Estado | Fecha de vencimiento | Código de barras | Reserva de ítems |
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| Monografías | 06. BIBLIOTECA HUMANIDADES | 22.01/SUG/pos (Navegar estantería(Abre debajo)) | Texto completo | Disponible Ubicación en estantería | Bibliomaps® | 3741601140 |
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In this stimulating study, R. S. Sugirtharajah explores the implications of postcolonial criticism for biblical studies. He provides a comprehensive overview of the origins, definitions, and procedures of postcolonial criticism, followed by a discussion of the significance of postcolonial criticism in biblical interpretation. He reveals how postcolonial criticism can offer an alternative perspective to our understanding of the Bible, and how, when the Bible has been deployed as a Western cultural icon, it has come to be questioned in new ways. INDICE: Introduction; I. POSTCOLONIAL CONSTRUALS; 1. Charting the aftermath: a review of postcolonial criticism; 2. Redress, regeneration, redemption: a survey of biblical interpretation; 3. Coding and decoding: postcolonial theory and biblical interpretation; 4. Convergent trajectories? Liberation hermeneutics and postcolonial biblical criticism; II. POSTCOLONIAL PREOCCUPATIONS; 5. The version on which the sun never sets: the English Bible and its authorizing tendencies; 6. Blotting the master's copy: locating bible translations; 7. Hermeneutics in transit: diaspora and interpretations; Afterword; Bibliography
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