Contextualization and the Old Testament
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Christianity is often viewed in Asia as a Western imposition. Challenging this, Dr. Jerry Hwang examines the Old Testament’s cultural engagement of its ancient Near Eastern context, arguing that Scripture itself provides the ultimate model for contextualizing theology in Asia.
While it is common for missiological studies to ignore the Old Testament in their discussion of contextualization, truly biblical contextualization must include the whole Bible, not simply the New Testament. This study provides insightful discourse between the Old Testament and various Asian contexts, while demonstrating how Asian perspectives can help overcome the Eurocentrism prevalent in Old Testament scholarship.
This is an ideal resource for scholars and practitioners interested in a biblical perspective of contextualization, especially as related to constructing theology that honors the truth of Scripture in the context of Asia.
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- Examines the Old Testament’s cultural engagement.
- Provides the ultimate model for contextualizing theology in Asia.
- Shows insightful discourse between the Old Testament and various Asian context.
A rich and bold demonstration that Western scholars unwittingly bring interpretive lenses to the biblical texts rooted in Enlightenment presumptions and that the Confucian touchstones of the Far East are an indispensable resource for historical critical scholarship. No one is more qualified to build this bridge where West meets East than Jerry Hwang.
--JOSHUA BERMAN, PhD. Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Contextualization and the Old Testament by Dr. Jerry Hwang is simply a brilliant book written by a brilliant scholar. I was totally fascinated by every page of this book, which every biblical scholar, missionary, seminary student, and pastor ought to read.
--TREMPER LONGMAN III, PhD. Westmont College, California, USA
Jerry Hwang in Contextualization and the Old Testament has produced nothing less than a landmark tour-de-force in scholarship that will shape how contextualization is understood for the next generation of missiologists.
--TIMOTHY C. TENNENT, PhD. Asbury Theological Seminary, Kentucky, USA
- Title: Contextualization and the Old Testament: Between Asian and Western Perspectives
- Author: Jerry Hwang
- Series: Logia Series
- Volume: 1
- Publisher: N.P.
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Pages: 238
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Asia; Bible. O.T; Bible. O.T. › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. O.T. › Criticism, interpretation, etc. Asia; Bible. O.T. › Hermeneutics; Christianity and culture; Criticism, interpretation, etc; Hermeneutics; Theology Methodology
- ISBNs: 9781839737244, 9781839737251, 9781839737268, 1839737247, 1839737255, 1839737263
- Resource ID: LLS:CNTXTLZTNTSTMNT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-10-17T10:10:30Z