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De La Torre, Miguel A.

Reading the Bible from the margins/ Miguel A. de la Torre

orbis books (Mar 27, 2002)

9781570754104

| Paperback

196 pages | 135 x 206 mm | USA | English

$ 20.00 | Value: $ 20.00

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Dewey 220.601 TOR

LC Classification BS476 .D4 2002

LC Control No. 2002000619

Subject

Bible - Hermeneutics
Marginality, Social - Religious aspects - Christianity
Sociology, Biblical

Plot

This introduction focuses on how issues involving race, class, and gender influence our understanding of the Bible.Describing how "standard" readings of the Bible are not always acceptable to people or groups on the "margins," this book afters valuable new insights into biblical texts today.