Listening In: A Multicultural Reading of the Psalms

Reid, Stephen Breck

ISBN 10: 0687011949 / ISBN 13: 9780687011940

Published by Abingdon Press, 1997

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Synopsis:

Stephen Breck Reid maintains that every reader of the biblical text views it through the lens of other contexts. That is to say, communal narratives, cultural myths and stories, and the reader's own experiences, influence what we bring to, and take away from, Scripture. Focusing on the Psalms--specifically what the Psalter has to say about what it means to be human--Reid demonstrates that many inadequate and harmful assumptions about the text, especially those drawn from the dominant culture, can be offset by readings from African American and Latino perspectives. Thus Reid draws on recent historical, critical, literary, and rhetorical scholarship of the Psalter, combined with an imaginative reading of African American, Latino, and other non-dominant cultural materials, to provide a compelling glimpse of a multicultural reading of Scripture.

About the Author: Professor of Christian Scriptures, George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University, Waco, TX, starting in the fall of 2008.

2005: Stephen Breck Reid was at Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond, IN
2001 STEPHEN B. REID was Professor of Old Testament, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Austin, Texas.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Listening In: A Multicultural Reading of the...
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication Date: 1997
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good