Negotiating boundaries: Israelites and Canaanites receive help from a Russian
Social location determines how one reads a text. This truism is amply illustrated by the different readings Native Americans and Euro-Americans bring to the Hebrew Bible's conquest narratives. These dissimilar interpretive positions offer evidence of latent attitudes of colonialism even in the...
| Published in: | The journal of religion & society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Creighton University
2010
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The journal of religion & society
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| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Interpretation of B Liberation Theology B Warrior B Indians of North America; Government relations B Robert Allen B Bakhtin B 1895-1975 B The B M M. (Mikhail Mikhaĭlovich) B Contextual B Dialogue B Bible; Amerindian interpretations B Conquest of Canaan B Bible. Old Testament; Criticism B Canaanites B Other |
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| Summary: | Social location determines how one reads a text. This truism is amply illustrated by the different readings Native Americans and Euro-Americans bring to the Hebrew Bible's conquest narratives. These dissimilar interpretive positions offer evidence of latent attitudes of colonialism even in the twenty-first century. This article employs Mikail Bakhtin's concepts of dialogue and "outsidedness" to suggest a way forward in establishing a rapprochement between Euro-Americans and Native Americans (as well as other peoples who have been subjected to the negative forces of Western neo-colonialism). |
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| ISSN: | 1522-5658 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10504/64583 |