In this informative and keen look at contemporary trends in Old Testament theology, Perdue builds on his earlier volume "The Collapse of History" (1994). He investigates how a variety of perspectives and methodologies have impacted how the Old Testament is read in the twenty-first century including: literary criticism; rhetorical criticism, feminist, womanist, and mujerista theologies, liberation theology; Jewish theology; postmodernism; and postcolonialism.
Leo G. Perdue is Dean and Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth. He is the author of several monographs and commentaries on the Old Testament.
Editor's Foreword Abbreviations Preface The Present Status of Old Testament Theology Introduction Reasons for the Collapse of History After the Collapse of History New Approaches: The Fundamental Assumptions Description of the Present Task From History as Event to the History of Religion: Religionsgeschichte and Biblical Theology Introduction The History of Religion and/or Biblical Theology? The Theology of Jeremiah and the History of Religion Evaluation From Eurocentric History to Voices from the Margins: Liberation Theology and Ethnic Biblical Interpretation Introduction Liberation Theology in Latin America Segovia's Theology of the Diaspora African American Theology and Biblical Interpretation Jeremiah and a Theology of the Diaspora Jeremiah and African American Biblical Theology Evaluation From Exclusion to Inclusion: Feminist Interpretations of History Introduction Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza Discovering Eve: Carol Meyer's Feminist Social History of Ancient Israel A Critical Feminist Liberationist Interpretation of the Book of Jeremiah Evaluation From History to Rhetoric: Feminist, Mujerista, and Womanist Theologies Introduction Feminist Literary Critics and Biblical Interpretation Feminist Metaphorical Theology: Sallie McFague Recapturing the Language of Zion: Rhetorical Criticism and Feminist Hermeneutics Womanist Biblical Interpretation Mujerista Biblical Interpretation Evaluation From Jewish Tradition to Biblical Theology: The Tanakh as a Source for Jewish Theology and Practice Introduction Jews Who Do Biblical Theology From Traditum to Traditio: Michael Fishbane Exegetical Imagination: Midrashic and Mythopoeic Images The Myth of the Return to Chaos in Jeremiah Conclusion From History to Cultural Context: Postmodernism Postmodernism: Tenets and Theorists Postmodernism and Biblical Interpretation Postmodernism, Biblical Theology, and Jeremiash: Walter Brueggemann The Value and Limits of Postmodernism From the Colonial Bible to the Postcolonial Text: Biblical Theology as Contextual Postcolonialism The Stages of Postcolonialism and Its Impact on Subaltern Religion Characteristics of Subaltern Writings and Readings in Religion and Theology Voices from the Third World: Male and Female Postcolonial Biblical Theology in Geographical Settings: The Case of Senegal A Second Example of Postcolonial Biblical Theology: India and Dalit Theology A Postcolonial Interperation of the Theology of Jeremiah The Changing Future of Old Testament Theology: A Postscript Concluding Observations Constructing a Paradigm for Old Testament Theology Bibliography Index of Modern Names Index of Scripture
