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Global Bible Commentary Biblical Interpretation from Worldwide Perspectives

The Global Bible Commentary is receiving overwhelming critical acclaim!

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General Editor: Daniel M. Patte; Associate Editors: L. Severino Croatto, Nicole Wilkinson Duran, Teresa Okure, and Archie Chi Chung Lee

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If any book demonstrates the value of cultural criticism and the importance of particularity in interpretation, this is it! Scholars from diverse social locations in every continent bring their distinctive context to bear on the act of interpreting. In so doing, they shed eye-opening light on the biblical texts. The resulting critical dialogue with the Bible exposes the oppressive as well as the liberating dynamics of the texts while at the same time showing how the Bible might address the social, political, cultural, and economic dynamics of our world today. This collection can change the way you read the Bible—scholars and students, clergy and laity alike. —David Rhoads, Professor of New Testament Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago, Illinois For someone with a long-standing suspicion of and critical attitude about the project that is the commentary, I must nonetheless admit fascination with and support for the Global Bible Commentary. The conceptualization, organization, and agenda are not merely defensibly interesting but compelling. And the lineup of contributors is most impressive. In many respects—its commitments to multiplicity of readings; its abandonment of the quest for the correct reading; and its encouragement of and facilitation of culturalist and self-reflexive work—this project is the un-commentary. I can recommend it with enthusiasm, especially to those students who have wondered how critical, disciplined work can be engaged and even made compelling without hiding the self and its worlds. —Vincent L. Wimbush, Professor of New Testament Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California Biblical scholarship, methodologically and ideologically monolingual for so long, now speaks in other tongues, as this commentary eloquently attests. As a seminary professor privileged to teach and learn from an international and multi-ethnic student body, I welcome the advent of this one-of-a-kind textbook. —Stephen D. Moore The Theological School, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey The new Abingdon's Global Bible Commentary is a treasure. Not only have the editors brought together interpretative articles from such countries as Nigeria, Argentina, and Costa Rica, it has solicited manuscripts from a multiplicity of ethnic backgrounds and religious traditions. Abingdon's commentary recognizes that the Bible has historical roots but it also is alive and well in all sorts of communities around the globe. I applaud their efforts of bringing the diverse and timely voices into our professional lives, perhaps our classrooms, and to the scholarly discussions of biblical issues. —Marla J. Selvidge, Professor and Director Center for Religious Studies, Central Missouri State University The publication of A Global Bible Commentary marks an epoch in the history of the interpretation of Scripture. The presupposition of this visionary work is the maturation of a global community of interpreters in understanding the hermeneutical task. The priority given to the contextual character of interpretation transforms the work from an academic compendium to a cultural kaleidoscope of readings. Students and scholars in Western Europe and North America will be astonished at the novelty of the interpretations that emerge from its pages. The voices of the commentators in this book are sometimes insistent, sometimes poignant, exuberant, provocative, but always inviting. One emerges from the reading of this rich and complex commentary with a new sense of humility and profound gratitude. —Professor Laurence L. Welborn United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio

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This new commentary invites users to expand their horizons by reading the Bible with scholars from all over the world and from different religious persuasions. The commentators do not hide their religious or ideological convictions. They readily disclose them in order to clarify the reasons for their empathy in one or another

theological feature of the biblical text. By making explicit the specific context and the concerns from which he or she reads the Bible, each scholar points out significant aspects of the biblical text that we may have taken for granted or overlooked. Although these scholars have approaches and concerns that often are poles apart, they share two basic convictions: biblical interpretation always matters and reading the Bible “with others” is highly rewarding. Each of the 72 short commentaries in the Global Bible Commentary is an accessible guide for biblical study for groups and the academic classroom. Written for undergraduate and seminary students and their teachers, as well as for pastors and adult Sunday school classes, it introduces readers to the life context of each interpreter, the main features of the biblical book in its original context, and a contextual conclusion from the interpreter’s perspective. It also brings us a precious gift, namely the opportunity of reading each biblical book as if for the first time.

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Each of us who contributed to the Global Bible Commentary made the contextual character of our interpretations as explicit as we could so as to signal that we were not reading for others, but inviting others to read with us. —Daniel Patte, General Editor, From the Introduction

ga my professio rld Trade Or B). In our Bible stu almost all of al schools in Wo (W mech have spent gic rld Bank tions, these ing in theolo ich, Wo church reflec ordinary people. d an al life teach Middle America, wh s up al gro ood by or rst ntr , de mocCe ca , un de éri l ico t forma Mesoam es Mex anisms are a word abou d from about and it, includ t of this rio Let me add as I underst the Caribbean. It is ou ere was a pe of this ition d Th rs an nd , ll. de co ca we a rea eri as in Am racy th the lived to us in t I share wi 89 when we rfare between the context tha odus reads 1959 to 19 y the way Ex d a further word less open wa ty and the poor. or re mo commentar ad of tors of socie reading ca. Let me and no Mesoaméri xt for Bible dominant sec control were military, un. The conte try has lages in co means of about this us years of my minis and The d. Whole vil nced masty lic rre for ba tho re Ca the we th rie over holds expe ups, bo la gro s we ma El le’ at ate d op an wh Gu es like been the pe voted to e Mexico that are de la Biblia, a peo- tri countries lik sive torture and evangelical, sacres, and d exten t popular de a en sse tur tne rnm wi lec ve r do S. go call the ble. n is Salva sive actions. The U. ose g of the Bi our situatio res ple’s readin ua, a war wh ical fact of cracies and dra- rep r in Nicarag rmed by the wa ed ort The empir pp nfi mo th formal de major- su l character was co e but not recga countries wi ning lifestyles for the gu nated ille in The Ha cli ent. Today, matically de le. It is a situation domi al- World Court S. governm sion has U. pit op ca the pe en by the res era wh nized ity of military rep possibilmarket in an wing productive og God, the the is nk by a global ere gro tha Th a o area. longer is now there is als ased in our ism is no hievement of profits icials. But ns, decre ac electing off pire, a conl transactio em of cia force. The an S. ity U. fin of the in tter from rease limited ol ry ntr ve co ht mainly a ma there is very little inc ing ncipal tig exercised by allow ents, so that it s EXODUS l which mean of goods, and the pri redis- tro ns for elected governm party is electon the producti al accumulation is the ich optio ference wh t by diplomaterse insects pit d stock dif ca div an le s of of e nk s litt s ba urc so ou gh make real d the swarm ol is carried marily through wealth throu e much reflection 8:16-19), an 2). Other wonders are and . This contr tribution of tak nounced 0-3 o and pri k must ed It does not (`arov, 8:2 eady been an ans, but als ational finan in livestoc (deber exchanges. s kind of accumulation to ic me control of the intern untry derem that it had alr ve to become viodiseases fy er e me thi gu ind es— so t pla gu for tha ha pla at co uld to see in order the U.S. e the gre Should any ” on all s)t the struggle wo lded, and a reaffirmain large from many tha ms (SAP anizations. humans—lik or “deadly pestilence, take away is possible Pharaoh yie t to this struggle as h cial org tural adjustment progra exclude ulcers ), elves. This lendt before on of wealt en kabed meod d large (9:1-7) and the enrich thems less extracti extraction the struc raham, F, it will be , as hasn of divine commitm an rci Ab humans IM me all to on a the sm ses ,” by tio cattle promi trade sed by g boils po st d’s tries, an measure rin im un Go mo ste co d of “fe these d tan nt l he or ris ing ne nefits hchin), a fulfillme would cal from impove ssible through a polic from all be with Cuba. ob (6:2-8). to the (lis 8-12). We po ntrolled Isaac, and Jac and Aaron speak anew re is and cattle (9: l warfare today. that is only cial organizations co , the been the case ica acks ses He att log Mo 9). n bio are an lly (6: Whe nders plagues work of fin nts to listen sts: principa o for egory of wo neral populathe nemePuerto Ric pet-ople, nobody wa ancial intere The next cat ge l studies in bes rity, which is d with by U.S. fin to ce of the an ter taught biblicafor sixteen years. His : A akening of solida an ten a, wa n rni sus er tio lifo riv aela we , Ca libera the on the gua (Biblical Isr and Nicara in Claremont uggles for ses and nversion of (9:13now retired Mexico for ten years, dovis Boff, 1989) and s: A Liberatio sisn of all str leaders can cope. Mo tion—the co ), the great hailstorm odu ge) Pixley, crops true es to be -25 se ly 14 Jorge (Geor gentina for one year, and the Poor, with Clo , as well as On Ex elv on tho (7: ms ich oy the od str wh blo ve urch guages rs, Ar usts that de one going to pro they must return to twelve yea are The Bible, the Ch ated into several lan and the loc :1-20). As Aaron are ks t , both transl 10- 35), nding by the hail (10 known boo the moment tory (1992) position (6: wonders tha sta such. But for People’s His 87). ir weakened sis left these are the the people of the the th ct, ren (19 wi pe pa — ive ex oh ef ect Phara — 19 would Persp ve a bri ect on ha eff . w g st ain no ge kin ag ll on ry 13). We wi nisters of the of k up the sto have the str fore we pic en on the mi rts (6:14–7:7) be Egypt and ev and 10:7). These so any ls 1 in tia 0-2 e Creden (see 9:2 desperation otage uld create Excurses: Th and Aaron actions wo call them sab t the We would e tha of Moses :7) population. en recogniz –7 ev s 14 6: ter d s not nis (Exo The mi ses ay. Mo d the king ha tod ces ed pla destroy an the story en in be s sis the ha g the d lan . line amon :7) This paren ate (10 three pri te pro no the nder, their ap r of all yet taken the last wo the and Aaron in sumed fathe The next to coming as it does after Israel, the pre are grandsons of , children of ron ge of ess Aa ota rkn d da sab an m the ses days of gues, and the g Israelites. Mo alogy is interested in ee nces, the pla Egypt, has a terrifyin thr ne isa st ge nu fir e Th the Levi. plies of includes makes the in , so it only the vital sup king, who n, and Levi) st the eo fir specifically on Sim the n, (Reube and, for 1:1-4. effect even sons of Israel list found in Exodus essions so far ). It is the greatest conc to kill Moses (10:28 him the order of s l en kil eat to t tried ftens time, thr king has no er, the Terrorist So ildren surprising the t and decisive wond only YHWH the Ch las t, is Release the before. The orn of Egyp execustb fir Pharaoh to xod 7:8–11:10) the of all and its to death odus 11:1-9 of Israel (E announced unced in Ex er (12:29-36), after the 7:3 YHWH ing his signs anno ssover until lat In Exodus ration of Pa 28). tion is left eb n of perform e cel tio for en the be int Moses his wete-mofti) d the instructions for leavened bread (12:1- un ers (ototi An of of ter nd t. st ies yp wo fea ser Eg d a the of an d s is d g on is, an oked at as a whole, thi se pressure on d in the lan commentin and Pharaoh an Lo st cau we are now ns s. They fir g himion kin act the long passage rformance of these sig ist on se of ror pulation and finally the pe triple purpo ulated from po in fact, the ich have the of the the who, like all rulers, is ins people. Was it wonders, wh t YHWH, the God f, ry tha tening sel ities that affect ordina s it God who sof ng wi 2) sho d; Go 1) am wa a powerful ng the cal text followers or Hebrews, is araoh; and 3) terrorizi pul- Moses and his terrorist actions? Our Ph ex se God of the the heart of demand the Hebrews’ pri- carried out the WH, the d YH to use t the is tha ter ion ror ypt. Af is ter populat pposes land of Eg terrorist. Th ror (7:10- su sion from the nders before the king the Israelites, is the t then the creation of ter e s wo bu Th plu of se, is. w ers rpo nd sho pu lly te a va e wo usua with lan, population a series of nin t to come. Some ong any 13) comes the Guatema th ye frogs am Uruguayan, ent of a ten announcem blic nuisances, like the nim, Brazilian, the pu kin are in, , verm of these lice (or gnats 25 — (8:1-15), the

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LUSION hat can we say? We ha ve seen Exodus as the story can be read and is being how and is still so rea of an oppresse the revolutionary strug read has served the d by oppressed peop le, it d people wh Af gle liberation, o search for of World and serve rican slaves in the Ne and s the oppre w their the of a new soc as the story of the for Th ird Wo rld in their ssed peoples of mation the iety based str on other pri other, that ir ug gle to regain freedom an nciples, is, than the d dig nity. conti generalized of Egypt an slavery of nue to do so, with or It will surely d Canaan. Because it without the scholars! has been help

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Buber, Ma rtin. Moses : The Rev Covenant. elation and Ha the York: Harpe rper Torchbooks, TB27. Ne r, 1958. w Childs, Bre vard Theological S. The Book of Exodus : Co A Cri mm tica ent l, ary. OTL. Westminster, Philadelphia 1974. : Croatto, J. Severin hermenéutica o.d Liberación y libe rta y Publication s. 2 ed. Lima: Centro d: Pautas de Estudios s, 1980.

———— .“Y avé Ex 3,14 en , el Dios de la ‘prese nci su co.” Revista contexto literario y a’ salífica: querigmátiBíblica 43 (1981): 153 Gottwald, –63. Norman K. The Tribes Sociology of Yah of 1250–1050 the Religion of Libera weh: A ted Israel, Books, 197 B.C.E. Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis 9.

Conclusions of the study as it relates to the cultural situation of the interpreter. Through exposure to the different interpretations of others and by gaining respect for and understanding of those interpretations, users of the Global Bible Commentary can, in turn, become aware of the context of their own interpretations. From this position of heightened awareness, they can better assess how they formulated their choices and then assume responsibility for them.

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Global Bible Commentary Contributors

DANIEL M. PATTE, Dr. Patte, General Editor of Global Bible Commentary, is a professor of New Testament and early Christianity at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Patte was general editor of Semeia: An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism, of the Society of Biblical Literature (1992–98). He is now on the editorial boards of The Bulletin of Contextual Theology in Southern Africa and of Chinese Christianity: An Experimental Journal of Bible, Theology and Culture.

Associate Editors: J. Severino Croatto (deceased) was professor of exegesis, Hebrew, and religious studies at Instituto Superior Evangelélico de Estudio Teológicos, Buenos Aires. Nicole Wilkinson Duran is currently teaching parttime at Rosemont College and Villanova University. Teresa Okure, SHCJ, is professor of New Testament and gender hermeneutics at the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Archie Chi Chung Lee is professor of Hebrew Bible, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

BOOKS/ARTICLES AND CONTRIBUTORS: OLD TESTAMENT:

Psalms, by David Tuesday Adamo, Nigeria

Introduction, by Daniel Patte, USA and France Genesis, by Clare Amos, UK and Lebanon

Proverbs, by Athalya Brenner, the Netherlands and Israel

Exodus, by Jorge Pixley, USA and Nicaragua

Ecclesiastes, by John Prior, Indonesia

Leviticus, by Alan Cooper and Susanne Scholz, USA–Germany

Song of Songs, by Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, India Isaiah 1–39, by Victor Zinkuratire, Kenya

Numbers, by Jione Havea, Australia Deuteronomy, by Mercedes García Bachmann, Argentina Joshua, by Dora Mbuwayesango, USA and Zimbabwe Judges, by Fidèle Kwasi Ugira, Congo Ruth, by Madipoane Masenya, South Africa 1 & 2 Samuel, by Gerald West, South Africa 1 & 2 Kings, by Kyung Sook Lee, Korea 1 & 2 Chronicles, by Fook Kong Wong, China Ezra–Nehemiah, by Danna Nolan Fewell, UNICEF-USA Esther, by Wong Wai-Ching Angela, China Job, by Benjamin Abotchie Ntreh, Ghana

Isaiah 40–55, Isaiah 56–66, Fourth Isaiah, by J. Severino Croatto, Argentina Jeremiah, by Renita Jo Weems, USA Lamentations, by Archie Chi Chung Lee, China Ezekiel 1–39, by Samuel Almada, Argentina Ezekiel 40–48, by Sandro Gallazzi, Brazil Daniel, by Andre LaCocque, USA and Belgium Hosea, by Tânia Mara Vieira Sampaio, Brazil Joel, by Pablo Andiñach, Argentina Amos, by Lai Ling Elizabeth Ngan, China and USA Obadiah, by Jorge Torreblanca, Argentina Jonah, by Chen Nan Jou, Taiwan (continued on the back cover)

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BOOKS/ARTCLES AND CONTRIBUTORS: (continued from page 7): Micah, by Huang Po-ho, Taiwan

John, by Kyung-mi Park, Korea

Nahum, by Valmor da Silva, Brazil

John in an Orthodox Perspective, by Petros Vassiliadis, Greece

Habakkuk, by Innocent Himbaza, Rwanda and Switzerland Zephaniah, by Shigeyuki Nakanose, SVD, and Fernando Doren, SVD, Brazil Haggai, by Paul Kalluveettil CMI, India Zechariah, by Paul Swarup, India Malachi, by Claudia Mendoza, Argentina Jesus: An African Perspective, by Anne Nasimiyu Wasike, Kenya Jesus: An Asian Perspective, by Carlos H. Abesamis, Philippines

Acts, by Benny Tat-siong Liew, USA and China Romans, by Daniel Patte, USA and France 1 Corinthians, by Joseph Pathrapankal, India 1 Corinthians 11 in Christian and Muslim Dialogue, by Nicole Wilkinson Duran, USA, and Derya Demirer, USA and Turkey 2 Corinthians, by Chris Manus, Nigeria Galatians, by Néstor Oscar Miguez, Argentina Ephesians, by John Riches, Scotland Philippians, by Demetrius K. Williams, USA

Jesus: A Latin American Perspective, by Pablo Richard, Costa Rica

Colossians, by Teresa Okure, Nigeria

Jesus Christ: An Orthodox Perspective, by Vasile Mihoc, Romania

1 & 2 Thessalonians, by Yeo Khiok-khng (K.K.), USA and China

Jesus: A Western Perspective, by Nicole Wilkinson Duran, USA

1 Timothy, by Elsa Tamez, Costa Rica

NEW TESTAMENT:

2 Timothy and Titus, by Daniel C. Arichea, Philippines and USA

Matthew, by Alejandro Alberto Duarte, Argentina

Philemon, by Jean Kim, USA and Korea

Matthew 5–7: The Sermon on the Mount and India, by R. S. Sugirtharajah, U.K. and India

Hebrews, by Stelian Tofanâ, Romania

Mark, by Hisako Kinukawa, Japan and USA

Hebrews: Sacrifice in an African Perspective, by Teresa A. Okure, Nigeria

Mark’s Healing Stories in an AIDS Context, by Musa W. Dube, Botswana and USA

James, by Cristina Conti, Argentina

Luke, by Justin Upkong, Nigeria

1–3 John, by Johannes Beutler, Italy

Luke’s God and Mammon in a Latin American Perspective, by René Krüger, Argentina

Revelation, by Christopher Rowland, U.K.

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1–2 Peter, Jude, by Sharon Ringe, USA