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Contextualization and the Old Testament : between Asian and Western perspectives / Jerry Hwang. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Logia (Carlisle, UK) ; v 1.Publication details: Carlisle (Cumbria) UK : Langham Global Library, (c)2022.Description: xxi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781839734137
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BR115.C8
  • BS476.H991.C668 2022
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Contents:
Introduction -- Language, Bible translation, and contextual theology -- Divine translatability and term questions for deity -- Official religion, popular religion, and prosperity theology -- Covenant, law, and kinship -- Honor, shame, and guilt -- Aniconism and iconography -- Creation and Pantheism -- Conclusion.
Summary: "Christianity is often viewed in Asia as a Western imposition. Challenging this, Dr. Jerry Hwang examines the Old Testament's cultural engagement of its ancient Near Eastern context, arguing that Scripture itself provides the ultimate model for contextualizing theology in Asia. While it is common for missiological studies to ignore the Old Testament in their discussion of contextualization, truly biblical contextualization must include the whole Bible, not simply the New Testament. This study provides insightful discourse between the Old Testament and various Asian contexts, while demonstrating how Asian perspectives can help overcome the Eurocentrism prevalent in Old Testament scholarship."--Back cover.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction -- Language, Bible translation, and contextual theology -- Divine translatability and term questions for deity -- Official religion, popular religion, and prosperity theology -- Covenant, law, and kinship -- Honor, shame, and guilt -- Aniconism and iconography -- Creation and Pantheism -- Conclusion.

"Christianity is often viewed in Asia as a Western imposition. Challenging this, Dr. Jerry Hwang examines the Old Testament's cultural engagement of its ancient Near Eastern context, arguing that Scripture itself provides the ultimate model for contextualizing theology in Asia. While it is common for missiological studies to ignore the Old Testament in their discussion of contextualization, truly biblical contextualization must include the whole Bible, not simply the New Testament. This study provides insightful discourse between the Old Testament and various Asian contexts, while demonstrating how Asian perspectives can help overcome the Eurocentrism prevalent in Old Testament scholarship."--Back cover.

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