The Bible and colonialism: a moral critique
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1. Verfasser: Prior, Michael, (Michael P.) (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Sheffield, England Sheffield Academic Press ©1997
Schriftenreihe:Biblical seminar 48
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-330) and indexes
Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I: THE MORAL PROBLEM OF THE BIBLICAL LAND TRADITIONS; Chapter 1 THE BIBLICAL TRADITIONS ON LAND; Part II: COLONIAL APPROPRIATIONS OF THE LAND TRADITIONS; Chapter 2 COLONIALISM AND LATIN AMERICA; Chapter 3 COLONIALISM AND SOUTH AFRICA; Chapter 4 COLONIALISM AND PALESTINE; Chapter 5 FABRICATING COLONIAL MYTHS; Part III: COLONIALISM AND BIBLICAL EVIDENCE; Chapter 6 REINTERPRETING THE BIBLICAL EVIDENCE: LITERARY AND HISTORICAL QUESTIONS; Chapter 7 REHABILITATING THE BIBLE: TOWARDS A MORAL READING OF THE BIBLE; CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References
The biblical claim of the divine promise of land is integrally linked with a divine mandate to exterminate the indigenous people. The narrative has supported virtually all Western colonizing enterprises (e.g. in Latin America, South Africa, Palestine), resulting in the suffering of millions of people, and loss of respect for the Bible. According to modern secular standards of human and political rights, what the biblical narrative calls for are war-crimes and crimes against humanity. In this provocative and compelling study, Prior protests at the neglect of the moral question in conventional b
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