1. Introduction The rhetoric of the marginalized … demonstrates that … the ‘humblest’ do not only ‘stand forth’ in order to persuade; by persuading, they are also ‘standing forth,’ assuming agency.1 These words of Jacqueline Bacon aptly capture… Read More ›
Matthew 20:1-16 (the Parable of the Prodigal Employer) Matthew 20:1-16, often called the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard, is placed at the center of Matthew’s three episodes where Jesus teaches about “the last being first and the first… Read More ›
Introduction Once again, an Indonesian man with a white bandage on his ring-finger came to my office where I was volunteering as a labor-counselor at the Galilee Presbyterian church in Seoul, Korea, back in 2005. ‘No, please do not uncover…’… Read More ›
A Case for Asian American Posthumanist Hermeneutics In their editorial book, They Were All Together in One Place? Toward Minority Biblical Criticism, Randall C. Bailey, Benny Tat-siong Liew, and Fernando F. Segovia premised their collaborative work by celebrating and expounding… Read More ›
INTRODUCTION The first two miracles in the Gospel of John form a literary inclusio around the beginning chapters of the Gospel, commonly known as the “Cana Cycle” (2:1–4:54),1 because of their common geographical and thematic settings. Geographically, both miracles take… Read More ›
Race and scripture are, for me, both by-products of endless processes or productions of contested and contradictory meanings that can be used for different ends (like oppression and/or resistance). Both concepts are thus flexible and multiple, and are better engaged… Read More ›
Introduction The Bible is believed to provide principles of conduct in every aspect of Christians’ daily lives. In other words, Christians have used the Bible to legitimize certain decisions and to criticize certain social events. One of the problems of… Read More ›
People suffering from the skin disease in ancient Israel were considered to be unclean, and were required to live outside of the community until they were cured (see Lev 13:34-36; cf. Num 12:15).1 They were excluded from the normal life… Read More ›
