They were all together in one place : toward minority biblical criticism /

They were all together in one place : toward minority biblical criticism / edited by Randall C. Bailey, Tat-Siong Benny Liew, and Fernando F. Segovia. - Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, 2009. - xiv, 397 p. ; 23 cm. - Society of Biblical Literature Semeia studies ; no.57. . - Semeia studies ; no. 57. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Toward a minority biblical criticism : framework, contours, dynamics / Studies. Puncturing objectivity and universality. Reflections in an interethnic/racial era on interethnic-racial marriage in Ezra / Exile in the Hebrew Bible : a postcolonial look from the Cuban diaspora / "They could not speak the language of Judah" : rereading Nehemiah 13 between Brooklyn and Jerusalem / What does Manzamar have to do with Eden? : a Japanese American interpretation of Genesis 2-3 / "She stood in tears amid the alien corn" : Ruth, the perpetual foreigner and model minority / Paul and ethnic difference in Romans / Expanding the field. Ancient Ethiopia and the New Testament : ethnic (con)texts and racialized (sub)texts / Problematizing criticism. Toward Latino/a American biblical criticism : Latin (o/a)ness as problematic / Taking an interdisciplinary turn. That's why they didn't call the book Hadassah!" : the interse(ct)/(x)ionality of race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in the Book of Esther / Queering closets and perverting desires : cross-examining John's engendering and transgendering word across different worlds / "Upon all flesh" : Acts 2, African Americans, and intersectional realities / Assessments. Incarnate words : images of God and reading practices / Teaching for color consciousness / The difference that damage makes : reflections of an ethnic studies scholar on the Wabash consultation / Randall C. Bailey, Tat-siong Benny Liew, and Fernando F. Segovia -- Cheryl B. Anderson -- Francisco O. Garc©Ưa-Treto -- Jean-Pierre Ruiz -- Frank M. Yamada -- Gale A. Yee -- Jae Won Lee -- Gay L. Byron -- Fernando F. Segovia -- Randall C. Bailey -- Tat-siong Benny Liew -- Demetrius K. Williams -- Mayra Rivera Rivera -- Evelyn L. Parker -- James Kyung-Jin Lee -- Fernando F. Segovia. Introduction: pt. 1. Section 1. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. pt. 2. Conclusion:\tMinority biblical criticism : a reflection on achievements and lacunae /

9781589832459 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2009001212


Bible--Social scientific criticism.


Marginality, Social--Biblical teaching.

BS521.88 / .T44 2009b

220.6089