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A Postcolonial Commentary on the New Testament Writings - 0 views

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Postcolonial

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  • It places the reality and ramifications of imperial-colonial frameworks and relations at the centre of biblical criticism.
  • They show, among other things, how texts and interpretations construct and/or relate to their respective imperial-colonial contexts
  • suesaldin on 16 Feb 10
     
    Series of essays with a focus on the New Testament, edited by two prominent scholars in postcolonial criticism. In the chapter by Sze-kar Wan, The Letter to the Galatians, he explores the ethnic tension in the letter and the dangers of over-simplification when examining ethnic categories such as Jewish and Gentile. He further discusses how "Roman imperial discourse was ... revised and appropriated for the use of the Jerusalem Jesus-movement." A focus on how empire shapes a minority community and the power dynamics within the community itself. Bibliography could be expanded by examining the work of the individual authors.
suesaldin

John and Postcolonialism: Travel, Space and Power - 0 views

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Postcolonial

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  • suesaldin on 16 Feb 10
     
    "An exciting collection of essays connecting postcolonialism and the Gospel of John, written by a group of international scholars, both established and new, from Hispanic, African, Jewish, Chinese, Korean and African-American backgrounds. It explores important topics such as the appropriation of John in settler communities of the United States and Canada, and the use of John in the colonization of Africa, Asia, Latin America and New Zealand." Although there are numerous readings of the text, the focus on a single Gospel will perhaps illuminate themes and concepts more easily than a collection of essays that use multiple texts.
Joe MacDonald

What is Historical Criticism? « Messianic Jewish Musings - 1 views

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historical criticism

shared by Joe MacDonald on 19 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Alan Cooper spoke basically to say that for Jewish readers it is not difficult to uphold historical critical views of the text at the same time as upholding Torah as sacred authority.
  • Peter Machinist defined historical criticism as reading the Bible from its human side and seeing it as rooted in historical realities.
  • Francis Watson
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  • Francis Watson of Durham University gave a provocative lecture. He said we should abandon the term historical criticism altogether for the following reasons: (1) Biblical scholars are not historians and should not imply that we are. (2) Historical criticism is not a neutral characterization. In its origin the term referred to textual criticism, which is about restoring texts. Historical criticism, by contrast, has been about doubting them. The historical critical movement has had an agenda to criticize, in the harsh sense, other views of the Bible. (3) Historical criticism has claimed that its methods are objective, neutral, and not about dogma. This has been shown to be a farce. (4) The real issue has been modernity and rationalism versus tradition. (5) Historical approaches to a text are far from the totality of the work we do. Much Biblical scholarship is not historical but interpretive. (6) The distance historical critics claim to put between themselves and the text is illusory. (7) Therefore, we should talk about biblical studies or scholarship and make the term historical criticism defunct.
  • Historical criticism, simply put, is the idea of studying the Biblical texts scientifically, which has led to dissecting the Bible into many alleged source texts.
  • First, it is important to know that historical criticism has fallen on increasing disfavor. The whole project is so rationalist and assumes the possibility of so much knowledge and the superiority of the modern over pre-modern cultures, that in this post-modern age, the enterprise is looking more and more imperialistic.
  • Legaspi traced the history of historical criticism and its move from seeing the Bible as scripture to seeing the Bible as simply a text.
  • One step in this journey was the Reformation, in which there arose a question for the first time about which version of the Bible and which selection of Bible books was valid.
  • The death of scripture in the West was solidified in 18th century German universities.
  • H-C was successful for a time, quite a long time in fact. My point was simply that it is no longer in a position to function as it once did. I don’t believe it is in an epistemological position inferior to that of confessional modes, i.e. regarding objectivity or tradition. But I believe that the discourse that it has framed is not a promising one for actual religious communities functioning now, in a post-Christian–not simply post-confessional–society.
  • Joe MacDonald on 19 Feb 10
     
    This is a very nice summary of several SBL papers addressing the issue of historical criticism. Several different views are expressed in a very well framed and concise manner.
Michael Hemenway

A tentative answer to the question: has civil society cultural memory? | Social Researc... - 2 views

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memory cultural

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  • cultural memory is embodied in objectivations that store meaning in a concentrated manner; meanings to be shared. They can be texts (such as sacred texts), chronicles, or poetry. They can be monuments, such as buildings or statues, or any material signs or memorabilia erected as reminders. In addition, cultural memory is embodied in regularly repeated and repeatable practices: festivals, ceremonies, and rites. Finally, cultural memory--like individual memory--is linked to places.
  • Cultural memory constructs and maintains identity. As long as a group of people maintains and cultivates a common cultural memory, the group continues to exist. Yerushalmi (1982) shows that Jews consciously cultivated identity through remembrance. The frequency of the injunction "Zachor!" (Remember!) in the Jewish Bible is a case in point.
  • Michael Hemenway on 10 Feb 10
     
    This is a nice article on cultural memory.
Carlene Hill

Canonical Criticism - 31 views

I agree, Steve, which is why I asked the question about our understanding having a limit. I, too, believe we continue to learn through human-God interactions today. Martin Luther King Jr. is an exa...

canonical criticism

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