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Postcolonial Studies and the Hebrew Bible

Drake University, Des Moines, IA brad.crowell{at}drake.edu

As the field of biblical studies continues to become more diverse, scholars incorporate theories and methods from other areas of research. One of these fields is postcolonial theory, which makes the role of empires and their effects on society and literature the primary focus of the interpretive effort. This essay explores how postcolonial theory is currently being integrated with the study of the Hebrew Bible. Biblical scholars incorporating postcolonial theory focus on three major areas: how colonial empires interpreted the Hebrew Bible and how indigenous populations reacted to the colonial interpretations, interpretations from previously colonized populations, and the role of empires and reactions to them in the composition of the texts of the Hebrew Bible.

Key Words: empires • Hebrew Bible • hermeneutics • historical criticism • postcolonialism

Currents in Biblical Research, Vol. 7, No. 2, 217-244 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1476993X08099543


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