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The Bible in a World Context: An Experiment in Contextual Hermeneutics Edited by Walter Dietrich and Ulrich Luz Retail Price: $12.00 CenturyOne Price: $9.60 You Save: $2.40 (20%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours. Format: Paperback, 80pp. ISBN: 9780802849885 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: March 2002 Book Information: Description Reviews Reader's Index About the Author Table of Contents Customer Reviews Find Similar Books Average Customer Review: Order This Book! Item No: 9780802849885 Safe Shopping Guarantee Description From The Publisher: In the West, the Bible is largely read and studied abstractly, without context. This is unfortunate since the meaning and value of Scripture are rooted, firstly, in the personal and social situations of its readers. In this sense, the West has much to learn from voices in places like Latin America, Africa, and Asia, where people are reading and studying the Bible in direct relation to the circumstances of their daily lives. The Bible in a World Context is an engaging work that offers a fresh look at the subjects of Bible reading and hermeneutics from a global perspective. Three rising scholars representing three distinct geographical regions — Elsa Tamez (Latin America), Justin Ukpong (Africa), and Seiichi Yagi (Asia) — each contribute to the volume a programmatic essay on hermeneutics and a shorter Bible study on Luke 2:1–20, the narrative of Jesus’' birth. In showing the role that context plays in interpretation, these chapters demonstrate a contextual hermeneutics that brings familiar texts to life in new and profoundly important ways.   Reader's Index Send us your favorite quotes or passages from this book.   About the Editors Walter Dietrich is professor of Old Testament at the University of Bern in Switzerland. Ulrich Luz is professor of New Testament at the University of Bern in Switzerland. Table of Contents Preface vii THREE PROGRAMMATIC STUDIES IN CONTEXTUAL HERMENEUTICS Reading the Bible under a Sky without Stars Elsa Tamez 3 Inculturation Hermeneutics: An African Approach to Biblical Interpretation Justin Ukpong 17 Ego and Self in the New Testament and Zen Seiichi Yagi 33 IN THOSE DAYS A DECREE WAS ISSUED BY THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS...: THREE CONTEXTUAL BIBLE STUDIES ON LUKE 2 A Star Illuminates the Darkness Elsa Tamez 53 The Story of Jesus' Birth (Luke 1-2): An African Reading Justin Ukpong 59 Mary and Maya Seiichi Yagi 71 Instead of a Conclusion: Theological Astronomy — a Parable Walter Dietrich 77 Customer Reviews Write your own online review. Look for Similar Books by Subject Studies in Matthew

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