Society of Biblical Literature Publication Notice The Bible and the

Society of Biblical Literature
Publication Notice
The Bible and the Hermeneutics of
Liberation
Edited by Alejandro F. Botta and Pablo R.
Andiñach
The same Bible that historically has been invoked to support exploitation
is also a source of inspiration for those fighting oppression and injustice.
This collection of essays highlights the different receptions that liberationist hermeneutics has found in a number of contemporary contexts. The
authors, originating from various countries and continents and nurtured
by diverse theological insights, provide regional overviews of liberating
struggles and liberation hermeneutics or engage the biblical text from
various perspectives, including mujerista and feminist Afrocentric readings. This is an enriching panorama of ideas and readings all centered on
the Bible as a key to liberation.
Alejandro F. Botta is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible at Boston
University School of Theology. Among his publications are The Aramaic
and Egyptian Legal Traditions at Elephantine: An Egyptological Approach (2009); Los Doce Profetas Menores (2006);
and Cultura material, evolución demográfica y cambio político en Palestina durante la dominación egipcia (1995).
Pablo R. Andiñach is Professor of Old Testament, Instituto Universitario ISEDET, Buenos Aires. He is currently
President of the Faculty of Theology at ISEDET and Director of the journal Cuadernos de Teología. His publications
include El libro del Éxodo (2006); Ser Iglesia (2007); and Éxodo: Comentario para su traducción (2009).
◆ Semeia Studies 59 ◆ 978-1-58983-241-1 ◆ paperback, $31.95 ◆ xii + 259 ◆ August 2009
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Contents
Introduction: The Bible and the Hermeneutics of Liberation: Worldwide Trends and Prospects
Pablo R. Andiñach and Alejandro F. Botta
Overview
Overviews Liberation Hermeneutics after Liberation in South Africa
Gerald West
“It Should Be Burned and Forgotten!” Latin American Liberation Hermeneutis through the Eyes of Another
Hans de Wit
Liberation Hermeneutics in Old Europe, Especially Germany
Erhard Gerstenberger
Texts and Contexts
Releasing the Story of Esau from the Words of Obadiah
Jione Havea
How to Hide an Elephant on Fifth Avenue: Universality of Sin and Class Sin in the Hebrew Scriptures
Alejandro F. Botta
True Fasting and Unwilling Hunger (Isaiah 58)
Mercedes L. García Bachmann
Talitha Cum Hermeneutics of Liberation: Some African Women’s Ways of Reading the Bible
Musa W. Dube
Paul against Empire: Then and Now
Theodore W. Jennings Jr.
The Kingdom of God Is Not Like You Were Made to Believe: Reading Parables in the Context of Germany and
Western Europe
Luise Schottroff
A Mujerista Hermeneutics of Justice and Human Flourishing
Ada MaríaIsasi-Díaz
Responses
Liberation Hermeneutics and India’s Dalits
Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon
Until Everyone Has a Place under the Sun
Lai Ling Elizabeth Ngan
Liberation Hermeneutics: A Pastoral Journey
Mortimer Arias