World in Front of the Text - z - OLD THE 205: Biblical Texts in Global Contexts (Skornik)

What is the World in Front of the Text?

The World in Front of the Text considers how the interpretation of the text relates to the readers' social and cultural context. This perspective may also be referred to as biblical hermeneutics.

It includes:

sources that relate the biblical text to the modern reader
sources that describe how the Bible has been interpreted at different time periods, by varying social/cultural groups, etc. (e.g. medieval or feminist biblical commentaries)

Recommended Book-Length Commentary Series: Smyth & Helwys

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Global Commentaries

Online + Print:

Africa Bible Commentary
Call Number: Available online
This book may only be used by 5 people at a time
Also available in print: Book Stacks--Library Use Only BS491.3 .A47 2010
Global Bible Commentary
Call Number: Available online
Also available in print:
Book Stacks--Library Use Only BS491.3 .G57 2004

Print only:

The Africana Bible: Reading Israel's Scriptures from Africa and the African Diaspora
Call Number: Book Stacks--Library Use Only BS1171.3 .A37 2010
Covers the Old Testament only
Global Perspectives on the Bible
Call Number: Book Stacks--Library Use Only BS511.3 .G56 2014
Global Perspectives on the New Testament
Call Number: Book Stacks--Library Use Only BS2361.3 .G56 2014
Global Perspectives on the Old Testament
Call Number: Book Stacks--Library Use Only BS1171.3 .G56 2014

Texts @ Contexts series (see all titles in this series):

Genesis
Exodus and Deuteronomy
Leviticus and Numbers
Joshua and Judges
Five Scrolls (Ruth, Song of Songs, Qoheleth, Lamentations, Esther)
Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles, Ezra-Nehemiah
Matthew
Mark
Luke-Acts
1 and 2 Corinthians

Ecological Commentaries

Earth Bible Commentary series (see all titles in this series)

The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and Ecology
Call Number: Available online

Feminist Commentaries

Women's Bible Commentary
Call Number: Available online
Also available in print:
Clark Library Book Stacks--Library Use Only BS491.3 .W66 2012
Wisdom commentary series
Wisdom commentary is a feminist commentary series available as both print books and eBooks from the Clark Library. Check to see if there is a commentary on your book of the Bible.

Queer Bible Commentary

The Queer Bible Commentary (2nd edition)
Call Number: Available online
Also available in print: Book Stacks BS680.H67 .Q44 2022