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In this stimulating study, R. S. Sugirtharajah explores the implications of postcolonial criticism for biblical studies. He provides a comprehensive overview of the origins, definitions, and procedures of postcolonial criticism, followed by a discussion of the significance of postcolonial criticism in biblical interpretation. He reveals how postcolonial criticism can offer an alternative perspective to our understanding of the Bible, and how, when the Bible has beendeployed as a Western cultural icon, it has come to be questioned in new ways.

Author Biography

R. S. Sugirtharajah is a Reader in Biblical Hermeneutics at the University of Birmingham.His publications include The Bible and the Third World: Precolonial, Colonial and Postcolonial Encounters, The Postcolonial Bible, Asian Biblical Hermeneutics and Postcolonialism, and is general editor of The Bible and Postcolonialism series (Sheffield Academic Press).

Table of Contents

IntroductionI. Postcolonial construals1: Charting the aftermath: a review of postcolonial criticism2: Redress, regeneration, redemption: a survey of biblical interpretation3: Coding and decoding: postcolonial theory and biblical interpretation4: Convergent trajectories? Liberation hermeneutics and postcolonial biblical criticismII. Postcolonial preoccupations5: The version on which the sun never sets: the English Bible and its authorizing tendencies6: Blotting the master's copy: locating bible translations7: Hermeneutics in transit: diaspora and interpretationsAfterwordBibliography

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In this stimulating study, R. S. Sugirtharajah explores the implications of postcolonial criticism for biblical studies. He provides a comprehensive overview of the origins, definitions, and procedures of postcolonial criticism, followed by a discussion of the significance of postcolonial criticism in biblical interpretation. He reveals how postcolonial criticism can offer an alternative perspective to our understanding of the Bible, and how, when the Bible has been
deployed as a Western cultural icon, it has come to be questioned in new ways.

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Introduction 1. A Survey of Biblical Interpretation 2. A Review of Postcolonial Theory 3. Postcolonial Theory and Biblical Interpretation 4. Liberation Hermeneutics and Postcolonial Biblical Criticism 5. The Bible and Translation Practices 6. The English Bible from a Postcolonial Perspective 7. Diaspora and Hermeneutics Conclusion Further Reading

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provides practical examples of the application of postcolonial criticism to biblical interpretation
charts biblical scholarship from colonial times to the present
discusses the political and ideological function of the King James Bible of 1611
debates the effects of diasporic experience and the Bible
highlights the impact of postcolonial criticism on liberation hermeneutics

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