Deliverance from slavery : attempting a biblical theology in the service of liberation / by Dick Boer ; translated by Rebecca Pohl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boer, Dick, 1939- author.

Contributor:

Pohl, Rebecca, translator.

Series:

Historical materialism book series ; Volume 110.

Historical Materialism Book Series, 1570-1522 ; Volume 110

Standardized Title:

Erlösung aus der Sklaverei. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty--Biblical teaching.

Liberty.

Philosophy, Marxist.

Liberation theology.

Bible--Theology.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

‘Delivery from slavery’: these words, taken from a Dutch labour movement song, perfectly map onto the Bible’s central concern. They are also similar to the Torah’s key phrase: ‘I am YHWH, your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage' (Ex 20:2). The words are invoked here to serve as an axiom to be introduced into the modern period. The watchword ‘delivery from slavery’ translates the biblical message of the exodus from slavery into the theory and practice of a modern liberation movement. The present work argues that biblical theology is the attempt to ‘update’ the ‘language of the message’. It searches for a language that attends to the concerns of today’s world while ‘preserving’ the concerns that originally motivated biblical language.

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

Text and Context

Canon

Exodus

Covenant

Creation

Anthropology (Gn 2–4)

Entry

The Real Israel

Paul and the Messianic Community

Though He Liberated Others, He Could Not Liberate Himself

References

Indexes.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27303-4

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004273030 DOI