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Record Nr.

UNINA9910586701403321

Autore

Fetalsana-Apura Lily

Titolo

A Filipino resistance reading of Joshua 1:1-9 / / by Lily Fetalsana-Apura

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, GA : , : SBL Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

9780884143338

9780884143321

0884143325

9781628372243

1628372249

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 220 pages) : illustration

Collana

International voices in biblical studies ; ; number 9

Disciplina

222/.207

Soggetti

Resistance (Philosophy)

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-205) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Resistance hermeneutics -- The colonial ancient Near East -- The impact of the ancient Near East world(view)s on Israel -- Resistance in the early prophets -- Early prophets as resistance literature -- Joshua 1:1-9 : literary and rhetorical observations -- Joshua 1:1-9 : colonial readings --The Philippines context -- Joshua 1:1-9 : a Filipino reading.

Sommario/riassunto

"Lily Fetalsana-Apura uses contextual hermeneutics to offer an alternative interpretation of Joshua 1:1-9 that counters and resists historical-critical and theological readings legitimizing Western conquests and imperialism. After outlining exegetical and hermeneutical procedures for contextual interpretation, she reads the Former Prophets in the context of four hundred years of colonial victimization and a continuing struggle against neocolonialism by marginalized and exploited communities such as those in the Philippines. She argues that Joshua 1:1-9 exhorts strength and courage against exploitation and domination by empire. Her work identifies themes and concepts in the Deuteronomistic History that subvert imperial ideology and that can serve as a model for other work in



contextual hermeneutics of biblical texts"--Back cover.