Studying Paul's letters : contemporary perspectives and methods / Joseph A. Marchal, editor.
Publication details: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, c2012.Description: xiv, 233 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780800698188 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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- BS2650.52 .S783 2012
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Ebook | Dalton McCaughey Library | Online | Online | Available | ebk219756 | |||
Book | Dalton McCaughey Library | Level 1 | FN20 M315 | Available | 33865001497426 |
Includes bibliographical references.
1.Historical approaches: which past? Whose past? / Melanie Johnson-DeBaufre -- 2.Rhetorical approaches: introducing the art of persuasion in Paul and Pauline studies / Davina C. Lopez -- 3.Spatial perspectives: space and archaeology in Roman Philippi / Laura S. Nasrallah -- 4.Economic approaches: scarce resources and interpretive opportunities / Peter S. Oakes -- 5.Visual perspectives: imag(in)ing the big Pauline picture / Davina C. Lopez -- 6.Feminist approaches: rethinking history and resisting ideologies / Cynthia Briggs Kittredge -- 7.Jewish perspectives: a Jewish apostle to the Gentiles / Pamela Eisenbaum -- 8.African American approaches: rehumanizing the reader against racism and reading through experience / Demetrius K. Williams -- 9.Asian American perspectives: ambivalence of the model minority and perpetual foreigner / Sze-kar Wan -- 10.Postcolonial approaches: negotiating empires, then and now / Jeremy Punt --
11.Queer approaches: improper relations with Pauline letters / Joseph A. Marchal.
Joseph A. Marchal leads a group of scholars who are also experienced teachers in courses on Paul. More than a series of "how-to" essays in interpretation, each chapter in this volume shows how differences in starting point and interpretive decisions shape different ways of understanding Paul. Each teacher-scholar focuses on what a particular method brings to interpretation and applies that method to a text in Paul's letters, aiming not just at the beginning student but at the "tough choices" every teacher must make in balancing information with critical reflection.