Reading the Bible Across Contexts : Luke's Gospel, Socio-Economic Marginality, and Latin American Biblical Hermeneutics.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part 1 Background and Methodology -- Chapter 1 Latin American Biblical Hermeneutics -- 1.1 Latin American Liberation Hermeneutics -- 1.2 Pentecostal Hermeneutics in Latin America -- 1.3 Brief Comparison of Popular CEB and Pentecostal Hermeneutics -- Chapter 2 Review, Analysis, and Presentation of Methods -- 2.1 Review of Empirical Hermeneutics -- 2.1.1 Analysis and Evaluation of Empirical Hermeneutics -- 2.2 Methodological Framework of the Study -- 2.2.1 Methodological Description of the Empirical Component of the Study -- 2.2.2 Reading Luke's Gospel Historically and in Dialogue with the Bolivian Readers -- 2.2.3 Toward a Description of Contextual Realities in Bolivia -- 2.2.4 Thick Description of the Bolivian Pentecostal Communities in the Case Study -- Part 2 Reading Luke's Poverty Texts across Contexts -- Chapter 3 Analysis of Ordinary and Scholarly Readings of Luke 6:20-26 -- 3.1 Empirical Reading of Luke 6:20-26 by the Bolivian Pentecostal Groups -- 3.1.1 Socio-Economically Marginalized Group's Reading of Luke 6:20-26 -- 3.1.2 Privileged Group's Reading of Luke 6:17-26 -- 3.1.3 Comparison of Marginalized and Privileged Reading of Luke 6:20-26 -- 3.2 Historical Readings of 6:20-26 -- 3.3 Toward a Critical Dialogue-Reading Luke 6:20-26 Across Contexts -- Chapter 4 Analysis of Ordinary and Scholarly Readings of Luke 12:22-34 -- 4.1 Empirical Reading of Luke 12:22-34 by the Bolivian Pentecostal Groups -- 4.1.1 Socio-Economically Marginalized Group's Reading of Luke 12:22-34 -- 4.1.2 Privileged Group's Reading of Luke 12:22-34 -- 4.1.3 Comparison of Marginalized and Privileged Reading of Luke 12:22-34 -- 4.2 Historical Readings of Luke 12:22-34 -- 4.3 Toward a Critical Dialogue-Reading Luke 12:22-34 across Contexts.

Chapter 5 Analysis of Ordinary and Scholarly Readings of Luke 14:12-14 -- 5.1 Empirical Reading of Luke 14:12-14 -- 5.1.1 Socio-Economically Marginalized Group's Reading of Luke 14:12-14 -- 5.1.2 Privileged Group's Reading of Luke 14:12-14 -- 5.1.3 Comparison of Marginalized and Privileged Reading of Luke 14:12-14 -- 5.2 Historical Readings of Luke 14:12-14 -- 5.3 Toward a Critical Dialogue-Reading Luke 14:12-14 across Contexts -- Chapter 6 Analysis of Ordinary and Scholarly Readings of Luke 16:19-31 -- 6.1 Empirical Reading of Luke 16:19-31 by the Bolivian Pentecostal Groups -- 6.1.1 Socio-Economically Marginalized Group's Reading of Luke 16:19-31 -- 6.1.2 Privileged Group's Reading of Luke 16:19-31 -- 6.1.3 Comparison of Marginalized and Privileged Reading of Luke 16:19-31 -- 6.2 Historical Readings of Luke 16:19-31 -- 6.3 Toward a Critical Dialogue: Reading Luke 16:19-31 Across Contexts -- Chapter 7 Analysis of Ordinary and Scholarly Readings of Luke 19:1-10 -- 7.1 Empirical Reading of Luke 19:1-10 -- 7.1.1 Socio-Economically Marginalized Group's Reading of Luke 19:1-10 -- 7.1.2 Privileged Group's Reading of Luke 19:1-10 -- 7.1.3 Comparison of Marginalized and Privileged Reading of Luke 19:1-10 -- 7.2 Historical Readings of Luke 19:1-10 -- 7.3 Toward a Critical Dialogue-Reading Luke 19:1-10 across Contexts -- Part 3 Findings, Conclusions, and Implications -- Chapter 8 Hermeneutics, Socio-Economic Status, and Luke's Gospel -- 8.1 General Hermeneutical Processes of the Bolivian Groups -- 8.1.1 The Bolivian Groups' Attention to the Text Itself -- 8.1.2 Attention to the World behind the Text -- 8.1.3 Interpretational Strategies, Including Strategies of Imagination and Character Identification -- 8.1.4 Appropriation Strategies and Praxeological Effects of the Text -- 8.1.5 Heuristic Keys and Reading Attitude.

8.1.6 Attention to the Tradition of Interpretation, Contemporary Context of Interpretation, and to the World behind Interpretative Processes -- 8.1.7 Group Dynamics -- 8.2 Socio-Economic Status and Hermeneutical Processes -- 8.2.1 The Influence of Socio-Economic Status on the Hermeneutical Processes -- 8.3 Empirical Hermeneutics and Academic Biblical Scholarship -- Chapter 9 Implications and Final Reflections -- Bibliography -- Index of Modern Authors -- Ancient Sources.

In Reading the Bible Across Contexts Esa Autero offers a fresh perspective on Luke's poverty texts. This is done through a critical dialogue between an historical reading and empirical readings by two Latin American Bible reading groups.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.