The Five Scrolls

Texts @ Contexts

Athalya Brenner-Idan editor Dr Gale A Yee editor Prof Archie CC Lee editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:22nd Aug '19

Currently unavailable, currently targeted to be due back around 15th March 2025, but could change

The Five Scrolls cover

Examines the books of Ruth, Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations and Esther from diverse contextual viewpoints in majority and non-majority world global settings.

In this collection, scholars from diverse geographical locations revisit a cluster of five biblical texts: Ruth, Song of Songs, Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes), Lamentations and Esther. The volume presents various viewpoints and contexts—geographical, communal, religious, social, economical and ethical. Matching scholarship with social awareness, the contributors keep asking themselves and their readers a dual-faced question: how does our life context influence our scholarly and non-scholarly readings of the Bible, and how does reading the Bible critically influence our life? To answer this question and to show it at work the contributors employ a range of contextual lenses. Geography is a major factor of the contributors’ contexts – with contributors from South Africa, Argentina, Israel, the Pacific Islands – but not the only one to influence their readings. Issues of society, culture and community are at the foreground for all contributors and their reading agendas with specific focus on the AIDs crisis in Africa, issues of migration and asylum, and feminist approaches to biblical texts.

Overall, the essays in this volume present insightful readings of these five books. The perspectives provided in the monograph also broaden the interpretive range and scope for readers. * Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology *
[This book] demonstrates admirably that biblical reception is alive and well — empowering people from different continents to enrich their specific social contexts with scholarly readings of the Bible. * Church Times *
Well worth searching for in a library. * Theology Journal *

ISBN: 9780567690012

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 354g

248 pages