The Bible in a World Context: An Experiment

In the West, the Bible is largely read and studied abstractly, without context. This is unfortunate since the meaning and value of Scripture are rooted, first, in the contextual situations of its readers. The West has much to learn from voices in places like Latin America, Africa, and Asia, where people are reading and studying the Bible in direct relation to the often trying circumstances of their daily lives.

The Bible in a World Context is an engaging work that offers a fresh look at the subjects of Bible reading and hermeneutics from a global perspective. Three rising scholars representing three distinct geographical regions each contribute to the volume a programmatic essay on hermeneutics and a shorter Bible study on Luke 2:1-20, the account of Jesus' birth. In showing the role that context plays in interpretation, these chapters demonstrate a contextual hermeneutics that brings familiar biblical texts to life in new and important ways.

Walter Dietrich is professor of Old Testament at the University of Bern, Switzerland Ulrich Luz is professor of New Testament at the University of Bern, Switzerland

Preface

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THREE PROGRAMMATIC STUDIES IN CONTEXTUAL HERMENEUTICS

Reading the Bible under a Sky without Stars

3

(14)

Elsa Tamez

Inculturation Hermeneutics: An African Approach to Biblical Interpretation

17

(16)

Justin Ukpong

Ego and Self in the New Testament and in Zen

33

(20)

Seiichi Yagi

IN THOSE DAYS A DECREE WAS ISSUED BY THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS...: THREE CONTEXTUAL BIBLE STUDIES ON LUKE 2

A Star Illuminates the Darkness

53

(6)

Elsa Tamez

The Story of Jesus' Birth (Luke 1-2): An African Reading

59

(12)

Justin Ukpong

Mary and Maya

71

(6)

Seiichi Yagi

Instead of a Conclusion: Theological Astronomy --- a Parable

77

Walter Dietrich

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The Bible in a World Context: An Experiment in Contextual Hermeneutics

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