The Biblical text in the context of occupation : towards a new hermeneutics of liberation / [edited by] Mitri Raheb.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Contextual theology seriesPublication details: Bethlehem : Diyar Publisher, 2012.Description: 453 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9789950376113
  • 9950376114
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.7956 R129b
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Contents:
Contents: Toward a New Hermeneutics of Liberation: A Palestinian Christian Perspective / Mitri Raheb (p. 11-27)
Engaging the Palestinian Theological-Critical Project of Liberation: A Critical Dialogue / Fernando F. Segovia (p. 29-80)
Palestinian Theology: Between Construction and Identification. A Comparative Analysis of the Theology of Naim Stifan Ateek and Mitri Raheb / Peter Lodberg (p. 81-88)
Toward an Emancipatory Palestinian Theology: Hermeneutical Paradigms and Horizons / Luis N. Rivera-Pagán (p. 89-117)
(Home) Land, Diaspora, Identity, and the Bible in Imperial Geopolitics: What does the Asia-Pacific Region have to do with Israel-Palestine? / Eleazar S. Fernandez (p. 119-145)
Interpreting the Bible, Interpreting the World: Anglo-American Christian Zionism and Palestinian Christian Concerns / Robert O. Smith (p. 147-158)
The Hermeneutical Predicament: Why We Do Not Read the Bible in the Same Way and Why it Matters for Palestinian Advocacy / Julia M. O'Brien (p. 159-179)
Talmudic Terrorism in Bethlehem / Santiago E. Slabodsky (p. 181-198)
One Text, Many Meanings: Reading a non-Zionist Judaism from the Hebrew Bible / Steven Friedman (p. 199-225)
The Contribution of Hermeneutics to Peace and Reconciliation / J. H. (Hans) de Wit (p. 227-246)
Arab Christian Fundamentalist Reading of the Book of Daniel: A Critique / Munther Isaac (p. 247-265)
Biblical Hermeneutics in the Kairos Palestine Document / Jamal Khader (p. 267-280)
The Context of the Christians of the Arab World as a Key to Biblical Interpretation according to the Six First Pastoral Letters of the Eastern Catholic Patriarchs / Rafiq Khoury (p. 281-295)
I Am a Presbyterian Christian: Toward a Dialogical Contextual Hermeneutics / Patricia K. Tull (p. 297-310)
What Has the Bible to Do with Us? / Erik Aurelius (p. 311-327)
The Theological and Historical David: Contextual Reading / Samuel Pagán (p. 329-342)
The Ambiguity of Identity and Responsibility toward the Other / Dexter Callender, Jr. (p. 343-361)
"Contact Zone": Exploring Land, Liberation, and Life / Yak-Hwee Tan (p. 363-375
The Dignity of Resistance in Solidarity: The Story of Rizpah / Allan Boesak (p. 377-393)
Summary: "The book is the first comprehensive attempt to study and develop a hermeneutic of liberation in the context of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land. It analyses the importance of culture, ethnicity, race, gender, ideiology, theology, and politics vis-à-vis the processes of comprehension, analysis, interpretation, and contextualization of the Bible"--Provided by publisher.
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"Proceedings of the August 2011 conference, 'Biblical texts, ur-contexts and contemporary realities' ... held at Dar Annadwa (the International Centre of Bethlehem) and organised by Diyar Consortium". -- Foreword.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-441).

Contents: Toward a New Hermeneutics of Liberation: A Palestinian Christian Perspective / Mitri Raheb (p. 11-27)

Engaging the Palestinian Theological-Critical Project of Liberation: A Critical Dialogue / Fernando F. Segovia (p. 29-80)

Palestinian Theology: Between Construction and Identification. A Comparative Analysis of the Theology of Naim Stifan Ateek and Mitri Raheb / Peter Lodberg (p. 81-88)

Toward an Emancipatory Palestinian Theology: Hermeneutical Paradigms and Horizons / Luis N. Rivera-Pagán (p. 89-117)

(Home) Land, Diaspora, Identity, and the Bible in Imperial Geopolitics: What does the Asia-Pacific Region have to do with Israel-Palestine? / Eleazar S. Fernandez (p. 119-145)

Interpreting the Bible, Interpreting the World: Anglo-American Christian Zionism and Palestinian Christian Concerns / Robert O. Smith (p. 147-158)

The Hermeneutical Predicament: Why We Do Not Read the Bible in the Same Way and Why it Matters for Palestinian Advocacy / Julia M. O'Brien (p. 159-179)

Talmudic Terrorism in Bethlehem / Santiago E. Slabodsky (p. 181-198)

One Text, Many Meanings: Reading a non-Zionist Judaism from the Hebrew Bible / Steven Friedman (p. 199-225)

The Contribution of Hermeneutics to Peace and Reconciliation / J. H. (Hans) de Wit (p. 227-246)

Arab Christian Fundamentalist Reading of the Book of Daniel: A Critique / Munther Isaac (p. 247-265)

Biblical Hermeneutics in the Kairos Palestine Document / Jamal Khader (p. 267-280)

The Context of the Christians of the Arab World as a Key to Biblical Interpretation according to the Six First Pastoral Letters of the Eastern Catholic Patriarchs / Rafiq Khoury (p. 281-295)

I Am a Presbyterian Christian: Toward a Dialogical Contextual Hermeneutics / Patricia K. Tull (p. 297-310)

What Has the Bible to Do with Us? / Erik Aurelius (p. 311-327)

The Theological and Historical David: Contextual Reading / Samuel Pagán (p. 329-342)

The Ambiguity of Identity and Responsibility toward the Other / Dexter Callender, Jr. (p. 343-361)

"Contact Zone": Exploring Land, Liberation, and Life / Yak-Hwee Tan (p. 363-375

The Dignity of Resistance in Solidarity: The Story of Rizpah / Allan Boesak (p. 377-393)

"The book is the first comprehensive attempt to study and develop a hermeneutic of liberation in the context of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian land. It analyses the importance of culture, ethnicity, race, gender, ideiology, theology, and politics vis-à-vis the processes of comprehension, analysis, interpretation, and contextualization of the Bible"--Provided by publisher.

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