Mark and Its Subalterns : A Hermeneutical Paradigm for a Postcolonial Context.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 General Introduction -- 1.1 The Goals of the Study -- 1.2 Methodology -- 1.3 Definition of Key Terms -- 1.4 Outline of the Study -- PART I Hermeneutics: General Methodological Considerations -- 2 Hermeneutics: Indian Methods - Postcolonial Biblical Hermeneutics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Missionaries, Religion and Colonialism -- India the Contemporary Context -- Conclusion -- 2.3 Indian Hermeneutics: An Overview -- Colonial Period -- Missionary Hermeneutics -- The Postcolonial Period -- 2.4 Mark and its Hermeneuts: A History of Scholarship -- Historical-critical Interpreters -- Contextual Interpreters -- Postcolonial Readings of Mark -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Towards a Postcolonial Biblical Hermeneutics -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Liberation Hermeneutics -- Conclusion -- 3.3 Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics -- Feminist Biblical Reading with a Liberation Focus: Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza and Other Feminist Interpreters -- Conclusion -- 3.4 Postcolonial Feminist Hermeneutics -- The Voices of the Colonized Women: Kwok Pui-lan and Musa W. Dube -- Conclusion -- 3.5 Subaltern Biblical Hermeneutics -- Dalit Hermeneutics: Aravind P. Nirmal -- Subaltern Voice: Felix Wilfred -- Conclusion -- 3.6 Postcolonialism: Definition and Major Thrusts -- Major Postcolonial Practitioners in the Biblical Field -- Why a Postcolonial Hermeneutics for Mark in the Indian Context? -- 3.7 Conclusions -- PART II Mark - Context and Interpretation -- 4 Colonial Powers and their Marks in Mark -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Galilee and its Imperial Scars -- The Geopolitical Structure of Galilee -- The Conflict between Galilee and Jerusalem -- The Galileans and the Roman Colonizers -- Conclusion -- 4.3 The Roman Conquest and Colonialism -- A Brief Preview -- The Colonial Policies and Palestine.

Colonial Taxation and Palestine -- Roman Imperialism -- Conclusion -- 4.4 Conclusions -- 5 Mark and its Subalterns: A Product of Conflict and Resistance? -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Identity of the Author of Mark -- Markan Identity - Sociopolitical Debris -- Images of Mark in the New Testament -- Mark: A Representative Identity of his Time? -- 5.3 Mark and its Sources -- Conflict in Mark and the Sayings Source -- Uprootedness in Mark and Qumran -- Ideological Rhetoric of the Author -- 5.4 Mark and the Multiplicity of Audiences -- The Social Framework -- The Political Framework -- The Philosophical Framework -- 5.5 The Oppressive Voices in Mark -- Ruling Class and Religious Leaders in Palestine -- The Implications of Religious and Political Collaboration -- Jerusalem Authorities and the Roman Colonizers -- Conclusion -- 5.6 The Movements of Resistance -- Within Judaism -- Popular Level -- 5.7 The Subalterns/Marginalized: A Symbol of Resistance? -- 5.8 Mark and its Postcolonial Interpreters -- Mark: An Anti-colonial Document -- Mark: A Colonial Document -- Conclusion -- 5.9 Conclusions -- 6 Mark 10:17-31 in the Light of the Issues of the Poor and their Representation: A Postcolonial Reading -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The Issues of the Poor and their Representation in Mark -- Positive Presentations of the Issues of the Poor and their Representation -- Negative Treatments of the Issues of the Poor and their Representation -- Conclusion -- 6.3 Mark 10:17-31: A Postcolonial Reading -- Introduction, Context, Setting and Style -- Traditional Interpretations -- Markan Interpretations by Indian Interpreters -- A Postcolonial Reading of Mark 10:17-31 -- 6.4 Conclusions -- 7 Mark 7:24-30 in the Light of Race, Gender and Hybridity: A Postcolonial Reading -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Gender, Race and Hybridity Concerns in Mark.

Defining Gender, Race and Hybridity -- Gender, Race and Hybridity Concerns in Mark -- Introduction: Women in Palestine -- Issues of Gender, Race and Hybridity in Mark -- 7.3 Mark 7:24-30: A Postcolonial Reading -- Introduction: Setting, Context and Style -- Traditional Interpretations and Critique -- Interpretations of the Text by Indian Interpreters -- A Postcolonial Reading of Mark 7:24-30 -- 7.4 Conclusion -- 8 Mark 5:1-20 in the Light of the Issues of Class, Nationalism and Subalternity: A Postcolonial Biblical Reading -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Class, Nationalism and Subalternity in Mark -- Class, Nationalism and Subalternity in the Postcolonial Context -- Emerging Subaltern Voices -- 8.3 Mark 5:1-20: A Postcolonial Reading -- The Context, Style and Structure of Mark 5:1-20 -- A Postcolonial Reading of Mark 5:1-20 -- 8.4 Conclusions -- 9 General Conclusions: Hermeneutical Issues and Concluding Summary -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Hermeneutical Issues Emerging from the Research -- 9.3 Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research -- Endnotes -- References.

This book offers a fresh appraisal of the identity and involvement of the subalterns in Mark, arguing that the presence of the subalterns in Mark is a possible hermeneutical tool for re-reading the Bible in a postcolonial context like India.

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