Interreligious Relations: Biblical Perspectives. Proceedings from the Second Norwegian Summer Academy of Biblical Studies (NSABS), Ansgar University College, Kristiansand, Norway, August 2015 T&T Clark Biblical Studies Hallvard Hagelia and Markus Zehnder (eds)

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 241-243
Author(s):  
Gert Kwakkel
Keyword(s):  
Reception History ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
P Content ◽  
University College ◽  
Interreligious Relations ◽  
Summer Academy

<p content-type="flush left">Summary <p content-type="flush left">This volume consists of eleven contributions on biblical perspectives regarding non-Israelite or non-Christian cults and interaction with people adhering to such religions. There are also three contributions relating to reception history and a chapter with hermeneutical reflections. The theological positions of the authors are diverse and the degree to which they connect their observations to current issues varies considerably. The book can be recommended for informing the readers about diverging views and challenging them to draw their own conclusions. <p content-type="flush left">Zusammenfassung <p content-type="flush left">Der Band beinhaltet elf Beiträge zu biblischen Perspektiven über nichtisraelische oder nichtchristliche Religionen und den Dialog mit Anhängern solcher Religionen. Dazu gibt es auch drei Beiträge zur Rezeptionsgeschichte sowie ein Kapitel mit hermeneutischen Überlegungen. Die theologischen Positionen der Autoren sind vielfältig, wie auch das Ausmaß beträchtlich variiert, mit dem sie ihre Betrachtungen mit aktuellen Problemen in Verbindung bringen. Das Buch ist empfehlenswert in Bezug darauf, dass es seine Leserschaft über unterschiedliche Positionen informiert und sie herausfordert, ihre eigenen Schlußfolgerungen daraus zu ziehen. <p content-type="flush left">Résumé <p content-type="flush left">Ce volume rassemble onze contributions offrant des perspectives bibliques sur les cultes non israélite ou non chrétien et le dialogue avec leurs adeptes. On y trouve aussi trois contributions en rapport avec l’histoire de la réception et un chapitre de réflexions herméneutiques. Les auteurs ont des positions théologiques diverses, et leur aptitude à relier leurs observations aux questions actuellement débattues varie considérablement. On peut recommander ce livre dans la mesure où il permettra à ses lecteurs de découvrir des vues divergentes et les poussera à tirer leurs propres conclusions.

Transforming Historical Objectivism into Historical Hermeneutics: From “Historical Illness” to Properly Lived Historicality

2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 490-515
Author(s):  
Thomas Tops
Keyword(s):  
Reception History ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
History Of Interpretation ◽  
Critical Methodology ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
History Of ◽  
Biblical Texts

Summary The present study analyses recent criticisms against the use of modern-historical methodologies in Biblical Studies. These methodologies abstract from the historical horizon of the researcher. In order to relate properly to the historicality of the researcher, historical objectivism needs to be transformed into historical hermeneutics. Recent developments in the historical methodology of biblical scholars are unable to reckon with the historicality of the researcher due to the partial or incorrect implementation of Gadamer’s views on reception history. I analyse the views of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, and Gadamer on historicality and contend that the study of reception history is a necessary condition for conducting historical study from within the limits of our historicality. Reception history should not be a distinct methodological step to study the “Nachleben” of biblical texts, but needs to clarify how the understanding of these texts is already effected by their history of interpretation. The awareness of the presuppositions that have guided previous interpretations of biblical texts enables us to be confronted by their alterity. This confrontation calls for a synthesis between reception-historical and historical-critical methodology that introduces a new paradigm for conducting historical study in Biblical Studies in dialogue with other theological disciplines.

The First Biography of Jesus. Genre and Meaning in Mark’s Gospel Helen K. Bond

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 198-200
Author(s):  
Arco den Heijer
Keyword(s):  
Gospel Of Mark ◽  
Content Type ◽  
P Content

<p content-type="flush left">Summary <p content-type="flush left">Helen Bond reads the Gospel of Mark alongside other ancient biographies. She argues that Mark depicts Jesus as a teacher who calls his disciples to serve, and who dies in a way that corresponds with his teaching. The book provides numerous insights into the meaning of the Gospel and the literary skills of its author. It is warmly recommended. <p content-type="flush left">Zusammenfassung <p content-type="flush left">Helen Bond liest das Markusevangelium zusammen mit anderen Biographien der Antike. Sie argumentiert, dass Markus Jesus als einen Lehrer darstellt, der seine Jünger dazu beruft zu dienen und der auf eine Weise stirbt, die seiner Lehre entspricht. Das Buch gibt zahlreiche Einblicke in die Bedeutung dieses Evangeliums und die literarischen Fähigkeiten seines Autors. Es ist wärmstens zu empfehlen. <p content-type="flush left">Résumé <p content-type="flush left">Helen Bond lit l’Évangile de Marc en parallèle avec d’autres biographies anciennes. Sa thèse est que Marc décrit Jésus comme un enseignant qui appelle ses disciples au service et meurt d’une façon conforme à son enseignement. Le livre jette une belle lumière sur le sens de l’évangile et les dons littéraires de son auteur. On ne peut que le recommander vivement.

Epilogue

2019 ◽  
pp. 132-134
Author(s):  
Nyasha Junior
Keyword(s):  
Black Woman ◽  
Biblical Interpretation ◽  
Reception History ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Cultural Appropriation ◽  
Racial Identification ◽  
The Future ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Biblical Texts ◽  
Biblical Scholar

The Epilogue offers the author’s reflections on being a Black woman biblical scholar and writing on issues relating to race, gender, and biblical interpretation. It includes the author’s discussion of hopes for the future of biblical studies, including biblical reception history projects on race. It discusses the desires of reading communities to see themselves reflected in biblical texts and to interpret Hagar in ways that resonate with their experiences and concerns. It addresses the potential benefits and drawbacks of the ethnic and racial identification of and cultural appropriation of biblical characters. It concludes that the story of Hagar offers us a unique opportunity to investigate the ways in which we use biblical texts to illustrate how we see ourselves and others.

ICT proficiency: perspectives of Tangaza University College librarians in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (6/7) ◽  
pp. 487-501
Author(s):  
Stanislaus L. Agava ◽  
Peter G. Underwood
Keyword(s):  
Professional Training ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Personal Interest ◽  
Ict Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University College ◽  
Training Programmes ◽  
Training Opportunities

PurposeThis study aims to assess the information and communications technology (ICT) proficiency of library and information science (LIS) professionals working in Tangaza University College (TUC) Library, Kenya.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative research design using a single case study was adopted in the study, which gathered data through a census. Data were collected using a structured interview.FindingsThe study findings indicated that the majority of TUC librarians have very high ICT competence in basic ICT and some Web technologies; however, they lack technical ICT skills. Furthermore, though ICT courses are offered during LIS professional training, TUC librarians lack opportunities to implement some of their advanced ICT skills. Lack of funding, time, practical lessons, personal interest, training opportunities and ICT obsolescence were highlighted as challenges librarians encounter in their pursuit of acquiring ICT skills.Practical implicationsThe study recommends that regular ICT-related training programmes be conducted for librarians and be offered in the form of workshops, seminars and conferences. Furthermore, there is a need for an academic curriculum in LIS schools to have more practical ICT-related components. Library staff should be encouraged to develop a personal interest in pursuing ICT skills, and librarians should also make use of ICT training opportunities that are freely available online for personal development.Originality/valueThe study is beneficial to those concerned with developing training programmes for librarians to strengthen areas deemed to have shortcomings.

Educational perspective on interreligious relations among Muslims, Christians and Kaharingan adherents in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Qodir
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Central Kalimantan ◽  
Lay Members ◽  
Third Spaces ◽  
Interreligious Relations ◽  
Research Assistants

Purpose This paper aims to investigate how do Muslims, Christians and Kaharingan adherents conduct interreligious relations among them in their everyday lives in Central Kalimantan; why do these religious communities observe interreligious relations as such; and what makes this model of interreligious relations. Design/methodology/approach The corpus for analysis comes from in-depth interviews with 20 persons, which took place between August and October in 2016 in Palangka Raya city and Kotawaringin Timur Regency in Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. The informants were selected from groups believed to be lay members and elites of Muslim, Christian and Kaharingan communities using snowball sampling technique facilitated by local research assistants. These informants are mainly mainstream Muslims, Christians and Kaharingan adherents. Findings The way to peaceful and co-existence life lived by religious communities in Indonesia is closely related to its rich treasures and precious tradition of cultural heritage: Indonesian communalism, Indonesian community spirit as seen in terms such as “tradisi hidup bersama,” “semangat kebersamaan” and “satu keluarga.” Instead of emphasizing the divisive differences among communities with various religious backgrounds, Muslims, Christians and Kaharingan adherents in Central Kalimantan create “third spaces,” common grounds shared by these religious communities at individual, institutional and societal levels. Originality/value Based on empirical findings, this research argues that the practices of peaceful and co-existence life lived by diverse religious communities in Indonesia relate to their particular social-cultural contexts of rich treasures and precious tradition of cultural heritage in the forms of Indonesian communalism and community spirit. Instead of emphasizing the divisive differences among themselves, various religious communities in Central Kalimantan create third spaces, common grounds between them and are shared by them at individual, institutional and societal levels.

Implementing discipline-specific searches in EBSCO Discovery Service

2014 ◽  
Vol 115 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 102-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Fu ◽  
Cynthia Thomes
Keyword(s):  
Effective Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Of Maryland ◽  
Search Results ◽  
Discovery Service ◽  
University College ◽  
Effective Teaching And Learning

Purpose – This paper discusses how University of Maryland University College (UMUC) librarians customized EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) to allow for searching across librarian-selected sets of discipline-specific databases. Discipline-specific searching results in a smaller and more relevant set of search results, which can make research more efficient and effective. Design/methodology/approach – This paper describes the collaboration between systems and reference and instruction librarians to develop, test, launch, promote, and assess discipline-specific searching in EDS in support of effective teaching and learning. Findings – Customization of a discovery tool to allow researchers to run searches across pre-selected sets of discipline-specific databases is beneficial to the researchers since it enables them to find a smaller and more relevant set of search results than they would otherwise receive if they searched across all databases available in the discovery tool. Originality/value – This paper provides detailed instructions regarding customization of EDS to allow for discipline-specific searching and discusses ways in which this enhancement can be brought to researchers' attention during reference and instruction interactions. This paper should be of interest to technical librarians as well as to reference and instruction librarians.

From Servant of YHWH to Being Considerate of the Wretched. The Figure of David in the Reading Perspective of Psalms 35-42 MT Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium 305 Willem A. M. Beuken

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 194-196
Author(s):  
David G. Firth
Keyword(s):  
Close Reading ◽  
Content Type ◽  
P Content

<p content-type="flush left">Summary <p content-type="flush left">In this canonical and intertextual interpretation of Psalms 35-41 in light of Samuel, Beuken provides a close reading of these psalms, first in their relationship to one another and then to the presentation of David in Samuel. Although debate will continue over the issue of the significance of intertextual relationships, the volume provides a plausible and insightful reading of these psalms. <p content-type="flush left">Zusammenfassung <p content-type="flush left">Mit dieser kanonischen und intertextuellen Auslegung der Psalmen 35 bis 41 im Licht des Samuelbuches bietet Beuken eine textnahe Lesart jener Psalmen zunächst in ihrer Beziehung zueinander und dann hinsichtlich der Darstellung der Person Davids im Samuelbuch. Obwohl die Debatte über die Bedeutung intertextueller Beziehungen noch andauern wird, so liefert doch das Buch eine plausible und aufschlussreiche Auslegung dieser Psalmen. <p content-type="flush left">Résumé <p content-type="flush left">Dans cette interprétation canonique et intertextuelle des Psaumes 35-41 à la lumière de Samuel, Beuken propose une lecture serrée de ces psaumes, d’abord dans leur interrelation, puis dans leur relation avec David dans Samuel. Bien que le débat ne soit pas clos sur la question de la signification des relations intertextuelles, l’ouvrage offre une lecture de ces psaumes à la fois plausible et perspicace.

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