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" The “Poor” in Ancient Israel – and in Contemporary African Biblical Studies "
Knut Holter

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077581
Doc. No	:	LA121210
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15733831-12341448‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Knut Holter
Title & Author	:	The “Poor” in Ancient Israel – and in Contemporary African Biblical Studies [Article]\ Knut Holter
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Mission Studies
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	33/2
Page No	:	209–221
Abstract	:	The academic discipline of biblical studies experiences an increasing tendency to engage in burning issues of our own time. The contemporary globalization of the subject – with more and stronger exponents outside its traditional Western habitat – challenges a discipline that used to be defined as a purely historical enterprise whose only purpose was that of providing textual and historical raw materials for others, such as the supposedly “real” theologians of systematic theology, practical theology, or missiology. Using examples provided by African biblical scholars who interpret biblical concepts of poverty, the article argues that the academic discipline of biblical studies has a mandate to participate in the current struggle for justice and human dignity, and to do so with its particular insights and tools vis-à-vis the biblical texts. The academic discipline of biblical studies experiences an increasing tendency to engage in burning issues of our own time. The contemporary globalization of the subject – with more and stronger exponents outside its traditional Western habitat – challenges a discipline that used to be defined as a purely historical enterprise whose only purpose was that of providing textual and historical raw materials for others, such as the supposedly “real” theologians of systematic theology, practical theology, or missiology. Using examples provided by African biblical scholars who interpret biblical concepts of poverty, the article argues that the academic discipline of biblical studies has a mandate to participate in the current struggle for justice and human dignity, and to do so with its particular insights and tools vis-à-vis the biblical texts.
Descriptor	:	Africa
Descriptor	:	Bible
Descriptor	:	biblical studies
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	hermeneutics
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	interpretation
Descriptor	:	missiology
Descriptor	:	Old Testament
Descriptor	:	poverty
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15733831-12341448‬