Biblical studies are proving to be a test
case of the large interpretive issues of how
one's "location"—social, cultural,
ethnic, and gender—affects one's reading
of the text and its import. Segovia and
Tolbert gather in this volume leading
biblical interpreters from around the globe
to address the complex hermeneutical and
religious questions attendant to this
paradigm shift.
From Jerusalem to Buenos Aires, from Hong
Kong to Copenhagen, the nineteen
international biblical scholars in this
volume bring their diverse and distinctive
experiences and insights to bear on this
interpretive revolution and its
consequences.
This volume, and its North American
companion, signals the critical legitimation
of reading strategies that supplement or
modify or even, in some ways, dethrone the
historical-critical paradigm that has
dominated academic biblical studies for two
hundred years. It will provide immediate and
enduring guidance to scholars and students
sorting through the complex epistemological,
social, historical, and religious questions
that issue from this momentous change.
