Return to Babel

Return to Babel
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Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 0664258239
ISBN-13 : 9780664258238
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Book Synopsis Return to Babel by : Priscilla Pope-Levison

Download or read book Return to Babel written by Priscilla Pope-Levison and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Return to Babel, each of ten historically significant biblical texts is interpreted by three scholars: one Latin American, one African, and one Asian. Geographic locales range from a tiny village in the Philippines to the city of Nairobi, Kenya; from Gwangju, South Korea, with its one million inhabitants, to the frontier city of Wiwili in the northern mountains of Nicaragua. The result is a collection of essays that shed new light on familiar texts and make the reader aware of the ways in which culture can shape our understanding of Scripture.


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