| Contextual Biblical Hermeneutics as Multicentric Dialogue: Towards a Singaporean Reading of Daniel Contributor(s): Lim, Chin Ming Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004395075 ISBN-13: 9789004395077 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Series: Biblical Interpretation |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.3" W x 9.4" (1.15 lbs) 228 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, Stephen Lim offers a contextual way of reading biblical texts that reconceptualises context as an epistemic space caught between the modern/colonial world system and local networks of knowledge production. In this light, he proposes a multicentric dialogical approach that takes into account the privilege of specialist readers in relation to nonspecialist readers. At the same time, he rethinks what dialogue with the Other means in a particular context, which then decides the conversation partners brought in from the margins. This is applied to his context in Singapore through a reading of Daniel where perspectives from western biblical scholarship, Asian traditions and Singaporean cultural products are brought together to dialogue on issues of transformative praxis and identity formation. |