The Bible in a World Context: An Experiment in Contextual Hermeneutics

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Walter Dietrich, Ulrich Luz
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2002 - Religion - 80 pages

In the West, the Bible is largely read and studied abstractly, without context. This is unfortunate since the meaning and value of Scripture are rooted, first, in the contextual situations of its readers. The West has much to learn from voices in places like Latin America, Africa, and Asia, where people are reading and studying the Bible in direct relation to the often trying circumstances of their daily lives.The Bible in a World Context is an engaging work that offers a fresh look at the subjects of Bible reading and hermeneutics from a global perspective. Three rising scholars representing three distinct geographical regions each contribute to the volume a programmatic essay on hermeneutics and a shorter Bible study on Luke 2:1-20, the account of Jesus' birth. In showing the role that context plays in interpretation, these chapters demonstrate a contextual hermeneutics that brings familiar biblical texts to life in new and important ways.

 

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Contents

Reading the Bible under a Sky without Stars
3
An African Approach to Biblical Interpretation
17
Ego and Self in the New Testament and in Zen
33
A Star Illuminates the Darkness
53
An African Reading
59
Mary and Maya
71
Theological Astronomy a Parable
77
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About the author (2002)

Ulrich Luz (1938-2019) was a New Testament scholar from Switzerland. He was also the author of The Theology of Matthew, Matthew in History, and the three-volume commentary on Matthew in the Hermeneia series.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Bible in a World Context: An Experiment in Contextual Hermeneutics
EditorsWalter Dietrich, Ulrich Luz
PublisherWm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2002
ISBN0802849881, 9780802849885
Length80 pages
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Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General
Religion / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics
  
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