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Sugirtharajah\u003cbr\u003eOxford, 2002\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780198752691\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 256 pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6.14 X 9.16 X 0.56 inches | 0.81 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-8 title-description show-links\" data-hook=\"description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003eThis stimulating study explores the implications of postcolonial criticism for biblical studies. Sugirtharajah provides a comprehensive overview of the origins, definitions, and procedures of postcolonial criticism, followed by a discussion of its significance in biblical interpretation. 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A range of biblical texts in which both food and sex appear are analyzed in an interdisciplinary fashion with the help of both traditional tools of biblical scholarship and less traditional tools such as Queer studies and cultural anthropology. By utilizing a reading lens that relates food and sex to one another intentionally, rather than treating them separately, the book will among other things question the tendency of readers of the Bible to overstress the gravity of sexual matters in relation to other matters of potential ethical, theological, exegetical and cultural concern, such as food. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the same time, as the title Practising Safer Texts indicates, the book also proposes a pragmatic approach to biblical interpretation that uses strategies of \"safer sex\" as a sort of loose model. Such an approach assesses texts and readings of the Bible not in a universalizing fashion but rather in terms of their likely effects, for good or ill, on particular readers in particular contexts and situations (just as notions of \"safer sex\" ask us to assess sexual acts not in a moralizing fashion but, rather, in terms of their likely effects on particular persons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46537171403066,"sku":"477035","price":74.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0814\/2929\/9514\/files\/Practicingsafertexts.jpg?v=1702675798"},{"product_id":"sacred-scripture-soulen-richard","title":"Sacred Scripture","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSacred Scripture\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Short History of Interpretation\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard N. Soulen\u003cbr\u003eWestminster John Knox Press, 2010\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780664232467\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 232 pp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e6.1 X 8.96 X 0.59 inches | 0.77 pounds\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-8 title-description show-links\" data-hook=\"description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow did the Bible's sixty-six books become sacred Scripture? How have they been understood and interpreted over the last two thousand years? What was it that led to our acceptance of the Bible as the true word of God? For two millennia, Christians have accepted the importance of the Bible as sacred Scripture, and for as many years they have struggled to comprehend its meaning. Over the centuries the church has expressed the centrality of Scripture in numerous ways, and Christians have studied and interpreted the Bible in a wide variety of faithful approaches. Understanding that process is critical to our ability--and our willingness--to accept the Bible as sacred and true. 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Several respected scholars here discuss how to read and live the Bible theologically in our contemporary context. Editors Michael Root and James Buckley maintain that these essays, though varied, share at least three assumptions: (1) The word of God (not necessarily human preaching and teaching) is \"sharper than any two-edged sword.\" (2) Preaching, teaching, and living the Bible are firmly yet delicately intertwined in the communion of saints. (3) There are distinctive ministries of preaching and teaching in the church as well as other liturgical and diaconal ministries.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith its complementary reflections from theologians, exegetes, and preachers, \u003ci\u003eSharper Than a Two-Edged Sword\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to any clergy or laypeople who find themselves uncertain about how to relevantly preach, teach, and live the Bible today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThomas E. 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First published in 1995, \u003ci\u003eHearing the New Testament\u003c\/i\u003e is now revised and updated, including rewritten chapters, new chapters, and new suggestions for further reading.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-hook=\"description\" class=\"mb-8 title-description show-links\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-hook=\"description\" class=\"mb-8 title-description show-links\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEfrain Agosto\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoveday C. A. Alexander\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJames L. Bailey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStephen C. Barton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Bauckham\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eC. Clifton Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHolly J. Carey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBart D. Ehrman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStephen E. 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