Return to Babel

In "Return to Babel," each of ten historically significant biblical texts is interpreted by three scholars: one Latin American, one African, and one Asian. Geographic locales range from a tiny village in the Philippines to the city of Nairobi, Kenya; from Gwangju, South Korea, with its one million inhabitants, to the frontier city of Wiwili in the northern mountains of Nicaragua. The result is a collection of essays that shed new light on familiar texts and make the reader aware of the ways in which culture can shape our understanding of Scripture.

About the author

John R. Levison is Professor of New Testament at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. He is the author of Filled with the Spirit and coeditor of Return to Babel: Global Perspectives on the Bible. Priscilla Pope-Levison is Professor of Theology and Assistant Director of Women's Studies at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. She is the author of Turn the Pulpit Loose: Two Centuries of American Women Evangelists and coeditor of Return to Babel: Global Perspectives on the Bible.

Product details

• Authors: Levison
• Assisted by: John R. Levison (Editor), Priscilla Pope Levenson (Editor), Priscilla Pope-Levison (Editor)
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2004
• EAN: 9780664258238
• ISBN: 978-0-664-25823-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 415 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works