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In the prevailing view, the Deuteronomistic History is the first
and archetypical Western history, describing the creation of an
Israelite state in Palestine as the origin of civilization in the
region, a hegemonic culture rendering the other inhabitants of the
country homeless in their own land. That view of Davidic domination
over greater Palestine, fashioned under Josiah, has been given a
modern nationalist reading by contemporary scholars, a reading
consistent with the vast array of covert cultural confirmations of
Euro-American imperial power. How is it possible, Kim asks, given
the all-encompassing sway of the colonialist reading of the Bible,
to understand Josiah in other than colonialist terms? His answer:
the historical imagination, making unfettered use of the tools of
the critical historian, must be informed by the experience of those
who have lived as the other, as the colonized, as not at home in
their own land-which means, for Kim, the experience of being Asian
American. The intellectual use of this experience creates his
distinctive postcolonial perspective, as he draws attention to the
connection between Western imperialism and the production of
Western knowledge. Specifically, the author reads the story of
Josiah intercontextually with the experience of Asian Americans
from the space of liminality. This is a passionate postcolonial
reading of Josiah that, on one hand, critiques the failure of
biblical studies to come to terms with its colonialist legacy and,
on the other hand, connects the world of biblical studies to the
world at large.
The first reference resource on how Asian Americans are currently
reading and interpreting the Bible, this volume also serves a
valuable role in both developing and disseminating what can be
termed as Asian American biblical hermeneutics. The volume works
from the important background that Asian Americans are the fastest
growing ethnic/racial minority population in the USA, and that 42%
of this group identifies as Christian. This provides a useful
starting point from which to examine what may be distinctive about
Asian American approaches to the Bible. Part 1 of the Handbook
describes six major ethic groups that make up 85% of Asian
population (by country of origin: China, Philippines, Indian
Subcontinent, Vietnam, Korea, Japan) and outlines the specific
concerns each group has when its members read the Bible. Part 2 of
the Handbook examines major critical methods in biblical
interpretation and suggests adjustments that may be helpful for
Asian Americans to make when they are interpreting the Bible.
Finally, Part 3 provides 25 interpretations by Asian American
biblical scholars on specific texts in the Bible, using what they
consider to be Asian American hermeneutics. Taken together the
Handbook interprets the Bible both with and for the Asian American
communities.
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