The Peoples' Bible: New Revised Standard Version, with the Apocrypha

George E. Tinker(Ed.), Curtiss Paul DeYoung(Ed.) & Wilda C. Gafney(Ed.)

ISBN: 150648249X, 9781506482491
Page count: 1750
Published: 2008-10-21
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Fortress Press
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Author: George E. Tinker(Ed.), Curtiss Paul DeYoung(Ed.) & Wilda C. Gafney(Ed.)

The Peoples' Bible highlights the role of cultures in shaping the Bible and the way people read the Bible today. Relying on the best insights of historical-critical, liberationist, postmodern, and postcolonial interpretation the contributors include the editors of the volume plus Kosuke Koyama, Randall C. Bailey, Fernando F. Segovia, Elsa Tamez, Clarice Martin, Hee An Choi, Gale A. Yee, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, and many more.

This Bible is unique in its aim to engage culture then and now and includes the following unique features:

Introductory essays highlighting profound issues of culture, ethnicity, and identity.

Feature boxes that reveal insights from African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American perspectives.

Sixteen-page gallery of culturally diverse four-color art.