The Politics of Interpretation: Understanding Biblical History in Palestinian Rural Culture

This article investigates the role of the biblical story in the Palestinian context of cultural and political change. It explores how Palestinian Christians have depicted modern-day Palestinian rural culture as being a continuation of biblical culture. The article explores two different ways of unde...

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Main Author: Marteijn, Elizabeth S. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh Univ. Press [2020]
In: Studies in world christianity
Year: 2020, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-20
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CH Christianity and Society
HA Bible
KBL Near East and North Africa
Further subjects:B Bible
B rural community (literally ‘peasants'
B Zionism
B fallāḤīn)
B Folklore
B Palestinian Christians
B Missions
B Taybeh
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