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Informationen zum Autor Hemchand Gossai is Associate Dean of Liberal Arts at Northern Virginia Community College, USA . Vorwort This volume applies a postcolonial lens to the study of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible, addresses how to do postcolonial commentary on these texts, and provides commentaries on many significant texts. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction - 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, AustraliaNumbers - Dora R. Mbuwayesango, Hood Theological Seminary, USADeuteronomy - Kåre Berge, NLA University College, NorwayJudges - Cristina Garcia-Alfonso, Hispanic Theological Initiative, USAJudges - Uriah Kim, Graduate Theological Union, USAI&II Kings - Daniel Timmer, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA I&II Kings - Kari Latvus, Diaconia Polytechnic, FinlandI&II Chronicles - Gerrie Snyman, University of South Africa, South AfricaNehemiah - Roland Boer, The University of Newcastle, UK Esther - Daniel Smith-Christopher, Loyola Marymount University, USAPsalms - Royce Victor, Independent Scholar Isaiah - D.N. Premnath, St. Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry, USA Jeremiah - Hemchand Gossai, Northern Virginia Community College, USA Lamentations - Gregory Cuellar, Austin Presbyterian Theology Seminary, USA Ezekiel - Israel Kamudzandu, St. Paul School of Theology, USA Amos - Aliou Niang, Union Theological Seminary, USA Jonah - Steed Vernal Davidson, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA Nahum - Wilhelm Wessels, University of South Africa, South AfricaIndex...
