Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Methods
- Part II Frameworks/Stances
- 8 Jewish Interpretation
- 9 Christian Theological Interpretation
- 10 Liberationist Interpretation
- 11 Postcolonial Interpretation
- 12 Feminist Interpretation
- 13 LGBTI/Queer Interpretation
- 14 Ecological Interpretation
- Part III Reception
- Scripture Index
- General Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
11 - Postcolonial Interpretation
from Part II - Frameworks/Stances
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2022
Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Methods
- Part II Frameworks/Stances
- 8 Jewish Interpretation
- 9 Christian Theological Interpretation
- 10 Liberationist Interpretation
- 11 Postcolonial Interpretation
- 12 Feminist Interpretation
- 13 LGBTI/Queer Interpretation
- 14 Ecological Interpretation
- Part III Reception
- Scripture Index
- General Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
This chapter introduces key concepts in postcolonial studies and discusses recent developments of postcolonial criticism within biblical studies, such as empire studies, liberation hermeneutics, and cultural studies, including materialist, race/ethnicity, feminist, and queer approaches to empire and colonialism.
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- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation , pp. 210 - 227Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
References
Further Reading
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Dube, Musa W. Postcolonial Feminist Interpretation of the Bible. St. Louis: Chalice, 2000.Google Scholar
Dube, Musa W., and Staley, Jeffrey L., eds. John and Postcolonialism: Travel, Space and Power. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, 2002.Google Scholar
Gossai, Hemchand, ed. Postcolonial Commentary and the Old Testament. London: T&T Clark, 2018.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Moore, Stephen D. Empire and Apocalypse: Postcolonialism and the New Testament. Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2006.Google Scholar
Moore, Stephen D., and Segovia, Fernando F., eds. Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: Interdisciplinary Intersections. London: T&T Clark, 2005.Google Scholar
Segovia, Fernando F., and Sugirtharajah, R. S., eds. A Postcolonial Commentary on the New Testament Writings. New York: T&T Clark, 2007.Google Scholar
Stanley, Christopher D. The Colonized Apostle: Paul through Postcolonial Eyes. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2011.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sugirtharajah, R. S. Postcolonial Criticism and Biblical Interpretation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sugirtharajah, R. S., ed. The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Biblical Criticism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190888459.001.0001.Google Scholar