Readings from the Edges

Weaving together a range of "border" themes—migration, post-colonialism, living in exile, and the immigrant experience—these readings bring fresh new insights to scholars, clergy, and others with backgrounds in contemporary theology and biblical study. Contents Good Fences and Good Neighbors: Biblical Scholars and Theologians The Bible and Liberation: Between the Preferential Option for the Poor and the Hermeneutical Privilege of the Poor Reading en voz alta: Latino/a Biblica Studies as Public Theology and the Case of U.S. Immigration Reform Abram and Sarai Cross the Border: A Reading of Genesis 12:10-20 Symbolism on the Street: Reading Prophecy as Performance in Ezekiel 12:1-16 An Exile's Baggage: A Reading of Ezekiel 20 "They Could Not Speak the Language of Judah": Reading Nehemiah 13 between Brooklyn and Jerusalem The View from Northern Boulevard: Reading Matthew's Parable of the Day Laborers The Bible and the Exegesis of Empire: Reading Christopher Columbuss El libro de