Landscapes of Korean and Korean American biblical interpretation / edited by John Ahn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ahn, John J., editor.

Series:

International voices in biblical studies ; number 10.

International voices in Biblical studies ; number 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--United States.

Bible.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Korea.

Korean Americans--Religion.

Korean Americans.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Korean Americans authors.

United States.

Korea.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 295 pages)

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : SBL, 2019.

Summary:

This volume of essays introduces Korean and Korean American biblical interpretation to scholars and students. The contributions reflect a range in readings, including historical, textual, feminist, sociological, theological, and postcolonial. The volume creates new inroads by bridging Korean and Korean American biblical scholarship. It seeks to be a pathfinder by establishing new grounds for fostering critical and contextual biblical scholarship by Koreans and Korean Americans. --From publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction : toward a methodology for Korean and Korean American biblical interpretation / John Ahn

The case of suspected adultery (Num 5:11-31) in light of the Hittite instructions for the priests and temple officials (CTH 264) / Hannah S. An

Divine jealousy, human zeal : self-psychology and the Kenotic spirituality of qnʼ in Numbers 25 / Hee-Kyu Heidi Park

State, war, and women / Kyungmi Park

A "dialogic" hero David from the perspective of "internally persuasive words" in the narrative of Samuel / SuJung Shin

Murder, adultery, and theft / John Ahn

Ethics of remembering : scapegoating Manasseh after the Sewol ferry tragedy / Koog-Pyoung Hong

Half speak Ashdodite and none can speak Judean : code-switching in Ezra-Nehemiah as an identity marker for repatriate Judeans and Koreans / Roger S. Nam

Rereading "a virtuous woman (ʼēšet hayil)" in Proverbs 31:10-31 / Sun-Ah Kang

Job the penitent : whether and why Job repents (Job 42:6) / Paul K.-K. Cho

An invitation for postcolonial reading of the prophetic tradition claiming imperial powers as God's agents in the context of American colonialism in Korea / SungAe Ha

Perils of betraying a deity : parallels between Ezekiel 16 and the Sumerian myth "Unfaithfulness" / Sehee Kim

Crossing boundaries : Daniel's three friends meet Rev. Ki-chol Chu of colonized Korea / Hyun Chul Paul Kim

Of great walls, DMZs, and other lines in the sand : Galatians demythologized and deconstructed / Kang-Yup Na

Eve and Norea retold : the power of storytelling in nature of the rulers / Eunyung Lim.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-276) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780884143796

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access