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March 29, 2017
They Were All Together in One Place? Toward Minority Biblical Criticism
- Author
- Bailey, Randall C., Tat-siong Benny Liew, and Fernando F. Segovia, eds.
- Publisher
- Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta
- ISBN
- 9781589832459
- Table of Contents
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Preface
Introduction
Toward Minority Biblical Criticism: Framework, Contours, Dynamics
Part 1: Studies
Section 1: Puncturing Objectivity and Universality
ch. 1 Reflections in an Interethnic/racial Era on Interethnic/racial Marriage in Ezra (Cheryl B. Anderson)
ch. 2 Exile in the Hebrew Bible: A Postcolonial Look from the Cuban Diaspora (Francisco O. Garcia-Treto)
ch. 3 They Could Not Speak the Language of Judah: Rereading Nehemiah 13 between Brooklyn and Jerusalem (Jean-Pierre Ruiz)
ch. 4 What Does Manzanar Have to Do with Eden? A Japanese American Interpretation of Genesis 2-3 (Frank M. Yamada)
ch. 5 She Stood in Tears Amid the Alien Corn: Ruth, the Perpetual Foreigner and Model Minority (Gale A. Yee)
ch. 6 Paul and Ethnic Difference in Romans (Jae Won Lee)
Section 2: Expanding The Field
ch. 7 Ancient Ethiopia and the New Testament: Ethnic (Con)texts and Racialized (Sub)texts (Gay L. Byron)
Section 3: Problematizing Criticism
ch. 8 Toward Latino/a American Biblical Criticism: Latin(o/a)ness as Problematic (Fernando F. Segovia)
Section 4: Taking An Interdisciplinary Turn
ch. 9 That's Why They Didn't Call the Book Hadassah! The Intersectionality of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality in the Book of Ester (Randall C. Bailey)
ch. 10 Queering Closets and Perverting Desires: Cross-Examining John's Engendering and Transgendering Word across Different Worlds (Tat-siong Benny Liew)
ch. 11 Upon All Flesh: Acts 2, African Americans, and Intersectional Realities (Demetrius K. Williams)
Part 2: Assessments
ch. 12 Incarnate Words: Images of God and Reading Practices (Mayra Rivera Rivera)
ch. 13 Teaching for Color Consciousness (Evelyn L. Parker)
ch. 14 The Difference That Damage Makes: Rejections of an Ethic Studies Scholar on the Wabash Consultation (James Kyung-Jin Lee)
Conclusion (Fernando F. Segovia)
Minority Biblical Criticism: A Reflection on Achievements and Lacunae
Contributors
Critics from three major racial/ethnic minority communities in the United States African American, Asian American, and Latino/a American focus on the problematic of race and ethnicity in the Bible and in contemporary biblical interpretation. With keen eyes on both ancient text and contemporary context, contributors pay close attention to how racial/ethnic dynamics intersect with other differential relations of power such as gender, class, sexuality, and colonialism. In groundbreaking interaction, they also consider their readings alongside those of other racial/ethnic minority communities. The volume includes an introduction pointing out the crucial role of this work within minority criticism by looking at its historical trajectory, critical findings, and future directions. (From the Publisher)