Subversive scriptures : revolutionary readings of the Christian Bible in Latin America /

Subversive scriptures : revolutionary readings of the Christian Bible in Latin America / [print] Revolutionary Christian readings of the Bible in Latin America edited and translated by Leif E. Vaage. - Valley Forge, Pennsylvania : Trinity Press International, (c)1997. - x, 213 pages ; 22 cm.

Essays in this volume originally appeared in various issues of "Revista de interpretacion biblica latinoamericana".

Includes bibliographies and index.

Solomon and the workers The debt in Nehemiah's social reform: a study of Nehemiah 5:1-19 The kingdom of God or the kingdom of money The judgment of God on the multinationals: Revelation 18 "Do not extend your hand against the child": observations on Genesis 21 and 22 "Worthless is the fat of whole burnt offerings": a critique of the sacrifice of the second temple The subversive memory of a woman: 2 Samuel 21:1-14 The powerful prayer of lament and the resistance of the people of God: a particular approach to the Book of Psalms Matthew: good news for the persecuted poor "Wait for the day of God's coming and do what you can to hasten it ... " (2 Pet 3:12): the non-Pauline letters as resistance literature Carlos A. Dreher -- Jose Severino Croatto -- Jose Cardenas Pallares -- Dagoberto Ramires Fernandez -- Milton Schwantes -- Sandro Gallazzi -- Alicia Winters -- Marcelo de Barros Souza -- Carlos Bravo Gallardo -- Raul Humberto Lugo Rodriguez.



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Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.


Sociology, Christian--Latin America.
Poor--Biblical teaching.
Liberation theology.

BS517 BS517.V111.S838 1997