Ancient laws and contemporary controversies : the need for inclusive biblical interpretation /
Cheryl B. Anderson
Bok · Engelsk · 2009
| Utgitt | Oxford ; New York : : Oxford University Press, , c2009.
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| Omfang | ix, 240 p. ;
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| Opplysninger | The need for inclusive biblical interpretation -- Defining the other : the need to make the connections -- The need to unmask particularity -- Unmasking the church -- Unmasking the academy -- Problematic biblical laws : the view from the other side -- Women and (homo) sexuality -- The poor -- Non-Israelites (foreigners) -- The Ten commandments (the decalogue) -- Challenging the principles of Old Testament ethics -- Waldemar Janzen : the familial paradigm -- Christopher J.H. Wright : what about the canaanites? -- John Barton : the basis of Old Testament ethics -- The Bible, ethics, and the margins -- Ruth and Esther as models for the formation of God's people : engaging liberationist critiques -- Ruth : a woman, a daughter-in-law, and a Moabite -- Feminist/womanist critiques : empowering the marginalized -- Queer critiques : challenging the exclusive focus on males -- Postcolonial critiques : struggling against the Colonial Empire -- Esther : a woman, a queen, and a minority-- Feminist/womanist critiques : who really wins? -- Queer critiques : to pass or not to pass is the question -- Postcolonial critiques : imperial/colonial powers, marginalization, and violence -- Reading Ruth and Esther in the real world : a first world response -- Jesus, Paul, the law and inclusive biblical interpretation -- Jesus, the law, and inclusive biblical interpretation -- Jesus against the Pharisees and their great tradition -- Jesus : elements of inclusive biblical interpretation -- Jesus considers the impact of an interpretation on the marginalized -- Jesus, new interpretation is grounded in the biblical tradition -- Jesus identifies the absolute requirement of God -- Jesus includes the excluded -- Paul, the law, and inclusive biblical interpretation -- Women -- Slavery -- Sexuality -- Paul : elements of inclusive biblical interpretation -- Paul includes the excluded and he bases it on the biblical tradition-- Paul considers the impact of an interpretation or policy on the marginalized -- Paul identifies the absolute requirement of God -- The Protestant reformers and inclusive -- Biblical interpretation -- Thinking contextually/thinking theologically -- The Protestant reformers, biblical authority, and biblical interpretation -- The Protestant heritage and inclusive biblical interpretation -- A reformed contribution : the Word of God -- A Lutheran contribution : the indwelling Christ -- A Wesleyan contribution : the law of love -- Biblical authority and the ethics of biblical interpretation -- Reconceptualizing scripture and biblical authority -- The ethics of biblical interpretation -- The need for an inclusive approach continues : the united states, the founding fathers, and the national identity -- Unmasking the national rhetoric of inclusion -- Working towards real inclusion : participatory democracy and the prophetic tradition.
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| ISBN | 9780195305500 (alk. paper)
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