Daniel Patte argues here that when male European-American scholars interpret the Bible to produce a universally legitimate reading, they silence the Bible itself. Their reading practices exclude feminist, African American, and other so-called "minority" readings, as well as the interpretations of conservative and liberal laity. He further claims that ethical accountability requires recognizing that all exegesis consists of bringing critical understanding to ordinary readings, especially faith interpretations. Patte concludes that biblical studies must affirm the legitimacy of diverse ordinary readings and lead to an open discussion of the relative value of these readings.
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Daniel Patte is Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the general editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity.
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A powerful call for a reconception of biblical exegesis.,
By Chris Heard (chris@heardfamily.com) (Milligan College, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ethics of Biblical Interpretation: A Reevaluation (Paperback)
Patte's central claim is that male European-American exegetes have sinned (!) by taking their own perspectives, questions, methods, and interpretations as neutral, objective, disinterested, normative, universal, and exclusive. That is to say, white male exegetes have acted as if the only things that matter about biblical texts at all are the things about biblical texts that matter to European-American male exegetes. Patte argues that such construals are sinful because they demand that feminists, African-Americans, third-world residents, Jews, and many others "act as if" they are European-American males in order for their biblical interpretations to gain standing. Patte does not ask European-American males to give up their interests; he only asks that these exegetes recognize their interests as their own unique interests, and not as the only interests relevant to biblical interpretation. Patte argues for a similar reconception of the relationship between "critical" readers and "ordinary" readers of the Bible. This is a powerful and compelling work, if a bit repetitive at times -- an intriguing beginning to what is sure to be an ongoing conversation among professional biblical interpreters.
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My suggestion in the Introduction, that our present exegetical practices as male European-Americans are ethically problematic, may have been, I suspect, surprising for many of my colleagues. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Fortress Press, New York, Scholars Press, New Testament, South Africa, Orbis Books, Religious Dimensions, Mieke Bal, Indiana University Press, Stony the Road We Trod, Ulrich Luz, Westminster Press, Georg Strecker, Mary Ann Tolbert, John Knox Press, Paul Ricoeur, Van Harvey, Abingdon Press, Beacon Press, Christian European-American, Grand Rapids, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Seabury Press, The Question of the Book, The Undecidability of the Proper Name New!
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