Biblical hermeneutics and black theology in South Africa

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Contents Acknowledgments x Abbreviations xiii Prologue 1 P A R T I 1 The Use of the Bible in Black Theology 13 Black Theology's Exegetical Starting Point 14 The Problem of Universality and Particularity in Black Theology 21 Oppression and Oppressors, Exploitation and Exploiters in the Text of the Bible 26 2 Social Scientific Approaches to the Bible: One Step Forward, Two StepsBack? 43 Social Scientific Methods: Their Usefulness 44 The Historical and Social Context Social Scientific Methods: A Critique 47 55 P A R T I I 3 The Historical and Cultural Struggles of Black People as a Hermeneutical Starting Point for Black Theology 67 The Communal Mode of Production 69 The Tributary Mode of Production 80 The Capitalist Mode of Production 85 P A R T I I I 4 A Materialist Reading of Micah 101 The Material Conditions of the Book of Micah 103 The Eighth-Century B.C.E. Conjuncture in Judah 108 The Relations of Production 113 Class Origins and Interests of the Text: General Remarks 118 5 The Case of Micah 123 The Black Struggle and the Signified Practice of Micah-C Texts 127 The Black Struggle and the Signified Practice of Micah-B Texts 134 The Black Struggle and the Signified Practice of Micah-A Texts 143 The Black Struggle and the Signified Practice of Micah-A/B Texts 149 6 A Materialist Reading of Luke 1 and 2 154 The Material Conditions of Luke 1 and 2 154 Ideological Conditions of Luke 1 and 2 160 7 Black Hermeneutical Appropriation of the Signified Practice of Luke 1 and 2 173 Luke 1:1-4 173 Luke 1:5-25 179 Luke 1:26-2:51 186 Epilogue 190 Bibliography 194