Bridging the interpretive abyss : reading the New Testament after the cultural studies turn / Luis Menéndez-Antuña.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Menéndez-Antuña, Luis, author.

Series:

Semeia studies ; no. 105.

Semeia studies ; Number 105

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. New Testament--Gay interpretations.

Bible. New Testament--Postcolonial criticism.

Critical theory.

Queer theology.

Postcolonial theology.

Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc--Controversial literature.

critical theory (sociological concept).

Physical Description:

xi, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : SBL Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Luis Menéndez-Antuña demonstrates how a cultural studies approach that centers twenty-first-century queer existence and experiences of suffering illuminates rather than obscures ancient New Testament contexts. Each chapter weaves together a biblical text, different works of art, and a political crisis. This hermeneutical approach bridges the abyss between the past and present, the Global North and the Global South, biblical scholarship, humanities, and social sciences. Readers coming to the New Testament text with political and ethical concerns will find new emancipatory strategies, making this volume essential reading for scholars and students." --Publisher.

Contents:

New Testament studies: an epistemological critique

The gospel of cultural studies: an intercontextual approach

The gospel of queer love (Matthew 25:31-46)

The gospel of torture (Mark 15:1-39)

The gospel of social death (Luke 8:26-39)

The gospel of love in times of coloniality (John 13:1-20)

The gospel of HIV (Acts 9:1-8).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-277) and indexes.

ISBN:

1628376376

9781628376371

1628376368

9781628376364

OCLC:

1473690033