Secularism and Biblical Studies

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Initial engagement at the Forum Scholarship and Faith in Bible Study...............15 The Unspeakable in Biblical Scholarship..........20 2. The manifesto Debate A manifesto for Biblical Studies ........27 BOer`s Manifesto: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem ..........40 Gunds do not kill, people do..............51 Theological Secularity: A Response to Roland Boer......59 Is boer among the Prophets? Transforming the legacy of Marxian Critique ..........67 3. The end of Biblical Studies The end of Biblical Studies as a Moral Obligation ..........85 Responsibilities to the Public of Biblical Studies and Critical Rhetorical Engagements for a Saver world ........101 A german landscape currents and credits of new testament Studies in Germany during the past Decades .........116 Private or Public ? The challenge of public theology to biblical Studies ........129 4. The paradoxes of Secularism Neither Religious nor Secular : On saving the critic in Biblical - Criticism .................141 From Jefferson`s Bible to judge Moore`s Ten Commandments monument: Secularizing the bible in the Usa ..........162 From Ruth to foreign workers in Contemporary israel : A case study in the interaction of Religion, politics and the economy ..............178 The samaritans - Biblical Considerations in the Solutions of a Political Problem ..........192