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Fatilua, Fatilua

 
9781666788365: Catch the Bird But Watch the Wave: A Pacific Sociorhetorical Reading of Luke 18:18-30
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ISBN 10 : 1666788368 ISBN 13 : 9781666788365
Editeur : Pickwick Publications, 2024

Synopsis

This contextual biblical reading of Luke 18:18-30 (the encounter between Jesus and the rich ruler) foregrounds the political and economic context of the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). The reading carefully explores the biblical text's context, an exploration that includes looking at specific intertextual sources and engaging scholars from Asian and African contexts. The reading is then applied to a contextual biblical approach to poverty in Samoan society. The contextual biblical reading resituates the ruler in the Lukan narrative within the context of the household and the institutional constraints of its ecological environment. The theoretical framework for the contextual biblical reading is guided by the Samoan proverb seu le manu ae taga'i ile galu (catch the bird and watch the wave), symbolizing responsibility and restraint in biblical interpretation. At the end of the contextual biblical reading, a new way of reading Luke is presented, and three broad propositions are suggested for further consideration. The main argument of this deep contextual reading of the Lukan passage is that the rich ruler offers a different form of "following," which is possible by "living responsibly with wealth."

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À propos des auteurs

Fatilua Fatilua is a lecturer of the New Testament at Malua Theological College, Apia, Samoa. He holds a PhD in public administration and policy from the State University of New York (Albany) and a PhD in New Testament from the Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji. He is an ordained minister in the Congregational Christian Church, Samoa.

Vernon K. Robbins is Professor of Religion at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He contributed to The Passon in Mark (1976) and authored Jesus the Teacher (1984).

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Éditeur
Pickwick Publications
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1666788368
ISBN 13 
9781666788365
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
250
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Personne responsable
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