Asian Biblical Hermeneutics and Postcolonialism

Download or read book Asian Biblical Hermeneutics and Postcolonialism written by R. S. Sugirtharajah and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1999-02-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume contributes a postcolonial perspective to such topics as textual production, commentarial writings and translations in colonial times, and then moves on to inspect Eurocentric notions embedded in current western biblical interpretation especially in projects such as "Jesus Research." It also contains an overview of and introduction to one of the most challenging and controversial theories of our time, postcolonialism--a theory that gives mediation and representation to Third World people. Though long established in cultural studies, postcolonial theory has not previously been seriously applied to Asian biblical interpretation.