1st Edition
Yearbook of Contextual Biblical Interpretation, volume 1
Edited By Peter-Ben Smit
Copyright 2025
164 Pages
by
Amsterdam University Press
The yearbook offers an international, interdisciplinary, innovative platform for scholarly research in the field of contextual Biblical interpretation. Embracing contextuality as a catalyst for interpretation, the Yearbook is dedicated to fostering interpretations of Biblical texts. The yearbook offers an international, interdisciplinary, innovative platform for scholarly research in the field of... Read more
Introduction to the Initial Volume of the Yearbook of Contextual Biblical Interpretation - Prof. Dr. Peter-Ben Smit, Prof. Dr. Klaas Spronk, Jesus loves me this I know, DOES the Bible tell me so? - Shantelle Weber Seeing and Experiencing Things Differently. How the Theologizing of Children Can Contribute to Theology - Corina Nagel-Herweijer, Dr. Ronelle Sonnenberg. Child Theology, Spirituality and Intersectionality - Prof. Dr. Annemie Dillen, Amy Casteel, PhD What Hope for Children? Eschatology, the Normativity of the Future, and Christian Hope in Godly Play - Armin M. Kummer Unbinding Children's Roles in Philippine Catholic Religious Education - Justin Joseph G. Badion, PhD, Julius Anthony L. Porqueriño Religion, Worldview and Diversity in School: What to Expect from Teachers? - Dr. Erik Renkema CBI as a (Biblical Studies) Discipline - Prof. Dr. Gerald O. West Reviews - Prof. Dr. Klaas Spronk, Laura Pasterkamp
Biography
At the Faculty of Theology of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, I hold the Dom Helder Câmara Chair in Contextual Biblical Interpretation. As a New Testament scholar with expertise in the history of Christianity and ecumenical theology, I am interested in the relationship between biblical interpretation and context. What contexts further which interpretations? What interpretations are made impossible by which contexts? In the fields of the History of Christianity (Church History), ecumenical theology and ecclesiology, I teach at Utrecht University and the Old Catholic Seminary.
