Postcolonial biblical interpretation reframing Paul / [electronic resource] :
by Jeremy Punt.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
- 1 online resource (ix, 265 p.)
- Studies in theology and religion, 20 1566-208X ; .
- Studies in theology and religion ; v. 20. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-256) and index.
Possibilities and prospects of postcolonial biblical criticism: doing mind and road mapping -- Postcolonial readings, or not?: obvious or impossible? -- Postcolonial theory as academic double agent?: power, ideology and postcolonial hermeneutics -- Competing missions in Acts: countervailing missionary" forces: empire and church in Acts -- Paul and postcolonial hermeneutics: marginality and/in early biblical interpretation (2 Cor 10-13) -- Postcolonial clashing with empire in 1 Thessalonians 4-5 -- Paul, power and Philemon: "knowing your place" -- Paul, body, and resurrection in an imperial setting: considering hermeneutics and power -- Negotiating creation in imperial times (Romans 8:18-30) -- Conclusion: Pauline agency in postcolonial perspective: subverter of, or agent for empire?
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9789004288461 (electronic book)
10.1163/9789004288461
2014044133
Bible--Postcolonial criticism. Bible.--Epistles of Paul--Postcolonial criticism.