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Mark and its Subalterns A Hermeneutical Paradigm for a Postcolonial Context
By David Joy
Copyright 2008
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a fresh appraisal of the identity and involvement of the subalterns in Mark, arguing that the presence of the subalterns in Mark is a possible hermeneutical tool for re-reading the Bible in a postcolonial context like India. Part I paves the way for a creative discussion on Mark and its interpreters in the rest of the study by looking at the issue of the spread of Christianity... Read more
Foreword PART I Hermeneutics: General Methodological Considerations 2 Hermeneutics: Indian Methods – Postcolonial Biblical Hermeneutics 3 Towards a Postcolonial Biblical Hermeneutics PART II Mark – Context and Interpretation 4 Colonial Powers and their Marks in Mark 5 Mark and its Subalterns: A Product of Conflict and Resistance? 6 Mark 10:17-31 in the Light of the Issues of the Poor and their Representation: A Postcolonial Reading 7 Mark 7:24-30 in the Light of Race, Gender and Hybridity: A Postcolonial Reading 8 Mark 5:1-20 in the Light of the Issues of Class, Nationalism and Subalternity: A Postcolonial Biblical Reading 9 General Conclusions: Hermeneutical Issues and Concluding Summary
Biography
David Joy is an ordained presbuter of the Church of south India and is currently teaching New Testament at the United Theological College in Bangalore. He edits the Bangalore Theological Forum and is the secretary of Society for Biblical Studies in India. Published books include Revelation: A Postcolonial Perspective (2001), Paul Examined (2002), and James: A Commentary (2006).
This is a valuable work which makes a great contribution to the understanding of Mark's gospel from a post-Colonial perspective. --Paula Gooder, Tutor in New Testament Studies, The Queens Foundation, Birmingham
