The Postcolonial Biblical Reader

includes index and biblioraphy

Part I: Theoretical Practices Introduction: Theoretical Practices R. S. Sugirtharajah 1 Charting the Aftermath: A Review of Postcolonial Criticism R. S. Sugirtharajah 2 Biblical Criticism and Postcolonial Studies: Toward a Postcolonial Optic Fernando F. Segovia 3 Making the Connections: Postcolonial Studies and Feminist Biblical Interpretation Kwok Pui-lan Part II: Empires Old and New Introduction: Empires Old and New R. S. Sugirtharajah 4 Renewal Movements and Resistance to Empire in Ancient Judea Richard A. Horsley 5 Postcolonialism and Imperial Motives for Canonization Jon L. Berquist 6 Roman Imperialism and Early Christian Scribality Werner H. Kelber 7 Desiring War: Apocalypse, Commodity Fetish, and the End of History Erin Runions Part III: Empire and Exegesis Introduction: Empire and Exegesis R. S. Sugirtharajah 8 The Implications of the Text of Esther for African Women`s Struggle for Liberation in South Africa Itumeleng J. Mosala 9 Rahab Says Hello to Judith: A Decolonizing Feminist Reading Musa W. Dube 10 The Sign of Orpah: Reading Ruth through Native Eyes Laura E. Donaldson 11 On Naming the Subject: Postcolonial Reading of Daniel 1 Philip Chia 12 Decolonizing Yahweh: A Postcolonial Reading of 2 Kings 24-25 Kari Eatvus 13 Mark and Empire: "Zealot" and "Postcolonial" Readings Stephen D. Moore 14 Tyranny, Boundary, and Might: Colonial Mimicry in Mark`s Gospel Tat-siong Benny Eiew 15 Maori "Jews" and a Resistant Reading of John 5.10-47 Mary Huie-Jolly 16 God at the Crossroads: A Postcolonial Reading of Sophia Mayra Rivera Part IV: Postcolonial Concerns Introduction: Postcolonial Concerns R. S. Sugirtharajah 17 How Local Divine Powers were Suppressed: A Case of Mwari of the Shona Dora R. Mbuwayesango 18 Cutchery Tamil versus Pure Tamil: Contesting Language Use in the Translated Bible in the Early Nineteenth-Century Protestant Tamil Community Hephzibah Israel 19 Canonization and Marginalization: Mary of Magdala Karen L. King 20 Exodus-toward-Egypt: Filipino-Americans` Struggle to Realize the Promised Land in America Eleazar S. Fernandez