This piece represents a counter-response to the responses offered to the Post colonial Bible
in the last issue of the Journal. It pursues the three main points raised by the respondents to …

One of the lessons of history is that empires rarely disappear completely. They rise and fall
but often resurface in different forms. The current military interventions and territorial …

Postcolonial criticism is the latest theory to enter the arena of biblical studies. This article
sets out to explain the claims of postcolonialism and its application to biblical studies. It …

I have argued for a confluence of Biblical Studies and Postcolonial Studies. This I have done
from within the paradigm of cultural studies in biblical criticism, with its distinctively …

Globally, imperialism, neocolonialism and Eurocentrism are alive and well, and seldom
denied, if not always acknowledged as such. The legitimating and totalizing discourse of the …

The last thirty years have witnessed increasing diversity in methodology and perspectives
within biblical studies. One of the most dynamic and continually expanding contributions to …

Postcolonial theory as a hermeneutical tool for Biblical reading Page 1 HTS 64(1) 2008 339
Postcolonial theory as a hermeneutical tool for Biblical reading Lazare S Rukundwa1 …

This wide-ranging Reader provides a comprehensive survey of the interaction between
postcolonial criticism and biblical studies. Examines how various empires such as the …

In Postcolonial Biblical Interpretation Jeremy Punt reflects on the nature and value of the
postcolonial hermeneutical approach, as it relates to the interpretation of biblical and in …

From the perspective of cultural studies, that umbrella model of interpretation within which I
presently situate myself both outside and within the field of biblical studies, the question of …