Introduction : Contextual Biblical Interpretation as a Challenge and a Chance
(2024) p.1-22- Abstract
- This introductory chapter argues that attention to the contemporary contexts in which Bibles abide provides a chance but also a challenge for biblical scholarship. It discusses the broader concerns at play in taking contemporary contexts seriously for any and all biblical interpretation, before turning to Contextual Bible Study as a specific approach to reading the Bible. The chapter foregrounds how this volume takes seriously that biblical interpretations are produced by, with, and amidst political practices, attitudes to sexuality, embodiments of gender, digital culture, class identities, and histories of biblical scholarship. Attending to context cannot leave biblical studies as a discipline untouched as the spaces in which biblical... (More)
- This introductory chapter argues that attention to the contemporary contexts in which Bibles abide provides a chance but also a challenge for biblical scholarship. It discusses the broader concerns at play in taking contemporary contexts seriously for any and all biblical interpretation, before turning to Contextual Bible Study as a specific approach to reading the Bible. The chapter foregrounds how this volume takes seriously that biblical interpretations are produced by, with, and amidst political practices, attitudes to sexuality, embodiments of gender, digital culture, class identities, and histories of biblical scholarship. Attending to context cannot leave biblical studies as a discipline untouched as the spaces in which biblical scholarship takes place are also contextual. As this chapter suggests, and as the contributors to the volume as a whole demonstrate, there is enormous potential for work to be done in biblical studies that turns to contemporary contexts. (Less)
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- author
- Lawrence, Louise J ; Smit, Peter-Ben ; Strømmen, Hannah LU and van der Walt, Charlene
- organization
- publishing date
- 2024-07-19
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Contextual biblical interpretation, Contemporary biblical interpretation, Power, Privilege, Marginality, Hermeneutics, Gender, Race, Class, Digital culture, Empire
- host publication
- Challenging Contextually : Bibles and Biblical Scholarship in Context - Bibles and Biblical Scholarship in Context
- editor
- Lawrence, Louise ; Smit, Peter-Ben ; Strømmen, Hannah and van der Walt, Charlene
- pages
- 22 pages
- publisher
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN
- 9780192888792
- 9780191982415
- DOI
- 10.1093/9780191982415.003.0001
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- b3a5044e-60d1-40de-babe-e5ea01854e38
- date added to LUP
- 2024-08-27 10:45:55
- date last changed
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