Tribals, empire and God a tribal reading of the birth of Jesus in Matthew's Gospel Zhodi Angami.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Angami, Zhodi, author.

Series:

T&T Clark biblical studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Nativity.

Jesus Christ.

Bible. Matthew--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Matthew--Comparative studies.

Christianity and culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (338 pages)

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2017.

Summary:

"Tribal biblical interpretation is a developing area of study that is concerned with reading the Bible through the eyes of tribal people. While many studies of reading the Bible from the reader's social, cultural and historical location have been made in various parts of the world, no thorough study that offers a coherent and substantive methodology for tribal biblical interpretation has been made. This book is the first comprehensive work that offers a description of tribal biblical interpretation and shows its application by making a lucid reading of Matthew's infancy narrative from a tribal reader's perspective. Using reader-response criticism as his primary method, Zhodi Angami brings his tribal context of North East India into conversation with Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus. Since tribal people of North East India see themselves as living under colonial rule, a tribal reader sees Matthew's text as a narrative that actively resists and subverts imperial rule. Likewise, the tribal experience of living at the margins inspires a tribal reader to look at the narrative from the underside, from the perspective of those who are sidelined, ignored, belittled or forgotten. Tribal biblical interpretation presented here follows a process of conversation between tribal worldview and Matthew's narrative. Such a method animates the text for the tribal reader and makes the biblical narrative not only more intelligible to the tribal reader but allows the text to speak directly to the tribal context."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Tribal biblical interpretation is a developing area of study that is concerned with reading the Bible through the eyes of tribal people. While many studies of reading the Bible from the reader's social, cultural and historical location have been made in various parts of the world, no thorough study that offers a coherent and substantive methodology for tribal biblical interpretation has been made. This book is the first comprehensive work that offers a description of tribal biblical interpretation and shows its application by making a lucid reading of Matthew's infancy narrative from a tribal reader's perspective. Using reader-response criticism as his primary method, Zhodi Angami brings his tribal context of North East India into conversation with Matthew's account of the birth of Jesus. Since tribal people of North East India see themselves as living under colonial rule, a tribal reader sees Matthew's text as a narrative that actively resists and subverts imperial rule. Likewise, the tribal experience of living at the margins inspires a tribal reader to look at the narrative from the underside, from the perspective of those who are sidelined, ignored, belittled or forgotten. Tribal biblical interpretation presented here follows a process of conversation between tribal worldview and Matthew's narrative. Such a method animates the text for the tribal reader and makes the biblical narrative not only more intelligible to the tribal reader but allows the text to speak directly to the tribal context

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1. Description of the Project

2. Reader-Response Criticism

3. The Origin of Jesus the Messiah

4. The Birth of Jesus the Messiah

5. The Visit of the Magi

6. The Refugee Messiah

7. God at Work

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9780567671332

056767133X

9780567684851

0567684857

9780567671349

0567671348