Contextual biblical hermeneutics as multicentric dialogue : towards a Singaporean reading of Daniel / by Chin Ming Stephen Lim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lim, Chin Ming Stephen, author.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 175.

Biblical interpretation series, 0928-0731 ; volume 175

Standardized Title:

Asian Biblical hermeneutics as multicentric dialogue

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Daniel--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Singapore.

Bible.

Bible. Daniel--Reader-response criticism.

Bible. Daniel.

Multiculturalism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Multiculturalism.

Reader-response criticism.

Singapore.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

vii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

"In this book, Stephen Lim offers a contextual way of reading biblical texts that shifts the understanding of context from its ontological dimensions to a spatial conception of a geopolitical space entangled with the intercontextual arena of the modern/colonial world system and intracontextual networks of knowledge production. His proposed multicentric dialogue then brings together a conscientisation of the specialist readers' positionality in relation to nonspecialist readers and a rethinking of dialoguing with the Other that brings in interlocutors who are contextually determined. This is applied to his context in Singapore through a reading of Daniel where perspectives from western biblical scholarship, Asian traditions and Singaporean cultural products are brought together to dialogue on issues of transformative praxis and identity formation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: reading the Bible in Asia today

Challenges that confront any attempt to construct a contextual hermeneutic

Reading and nonspecialist readers: raising consciousness

Reading and the other: a framework for conversation

Making connections

Reading Daniel 1 in the classroom of national education

Braving the furnace of the lion's den in the lion city

Whose dreams?

Daniel: from the ancient Near East to Singapore

Conclusion: Possible futures for Bible and Asia?

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--King's College London, 2017, titled Asian Biblical hermeneutics as multicentric dialogue : towards a Singaporean way of reading.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lim, Chin Ming Stephen, author. Contextual biblical hermeneutics as multicentric dialogue

ISBN:

9789004395077

9004395075

OCLC:

1085698737