Biblical Hermeneutics in Context and the Struggle for Meaning (eBook)

A Festschrift in Honor of Gerald O. West

Aliou Cissé Niang, Andrew M. Mbuvi, Alice Yafeh-Deigh, Tinyiko Maluleke, Kenneth N. Ngwa (Herausgeber)

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2024
528 Seiten
Wipf and Stock Publishers (Verlag)
979-8-3852-1992-6 (ISBN)

Infos

The meaningful juxtaposition of academics ("experts") with the day-to-day lives of nonacademics ("nonexperts") has animated Gerald O. West's work from the beginning. Seeking to bridge this chasm, West's approach of reading the Bible with the "ordinary people" (typically marginalized communities) became a core practice not only of his church work but of his scholarship. West has been a strong proponent of taking seriously the "ordinary reader" as a viable and legitimate contributor to our understanding of biblical interpretation. Not only does this undo the "ivory tower" elitism that tends to pervade academic halls of learning, but it also reflects a form of scholarly humility that has been a mainstay of West's and should be perpetuated more broadly in biblical scholarship.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.10.2024
• Verlagsort: Eugene
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Schlagworte: African Biblical Interpretation • Alice Yafeh-Deigh • Aliou Cissé Niang • Andrew M. Mbuvi • Bible • Bible and Gender in Africa • Bible New Testament • Bible Old Testament • Biblical Criticism and Interpretation • Biblical Hermeneutics in Context and the Struggle for Meaning • Christianity • Contextual Bible study • Criticism • Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts • ETC • Gerald O • Gerald O. West • hermeneutics • Interpretation • Judaism • Kenneth N. Ngwa • Liberation hermeneutics • New Testament • Old Testament • Tinyiko Maluleke • West
• ISBN-13: 979-8-3852-1992-6 / 9798385219926