The (ir)relevance of biblical scholarship? : a challenge, and an opportunity
CITATION: Giffone, B. D. 2021. The (ir)relevance of biblical scholarship? : a challenge, and an opportunity. Scriptura, 120(1):1-15, doi:10.7833/120-1-2001. The original publication is available at https://scriptura.journals.ac.za Has biblical scholarship become irrelevant to modern secular societie...
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ftunstellenbosch:oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/126742 2023-11-12T04:22:31+01:00 The (ir)relevance of biblical scholarship? : a challenge, and an opportunity Giffone, Benjamin D. 2021-10-28 15 pages application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/126742 https://doi.org/10.7833/120-1-2001 en eng Department of Old and New Testament, Stellenbosch University Giffone, B. D. 2021. The (ir)relevance of biblical scholarship?: aA challenge, and an opportunity. Scriptura, 120(1):1-15, doi:10.7833/120-1-2001. 2305-445X (online) 0254-1807 (print) orcid:0000-0003-0907-6514 doi:10.7833/120-1-2001 http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/126742 Author retains copyright Postsecularism Religion and sociology Religious education -- South Africa Learning and scholarship -- South Africa Article 2021 ftunstellenbosch https://doi.org/10.7833/120-1-2001 2023-10-22T07:38:55Z CITATION: Giffone, B. D. 2021. The (ir)relevance of biblical scholarship? : a challenge, and an opportunity. Scriptura, 120(1):1-15, doi:10.7833/120-1-2001. The original publication is available at https://scriptura.journals.ac.za Has biblical scholarship become irrelevant to modern secular societies? Are the threats to the viability of biblical scholarship of the same nature as the threats to other areas of the humanities (history, philosophy, literature), or is there a qualitative difference? What about the role of technology in biblical research and biblical education? What is the future of the institutions of biblical scholarship such as universities, seminaries, journals, and academic presses? What is the role of biblical scholars in secular and post-secular societies, as contrasted with scholars in/from emerging communities? This essay argues that the problem of “validation” lies at the heart of biblical scholarship’s irrelevancy within the broader secularity of modern world and that this problem is even more evident in the scholarly discourse coming from regions like Eastern Europe and South Africa. However, the loss of authority of biblical scholarship more generally represents an opportunity for these communities. Rather than becoming enamoured of validation from the North Atlantic world, Bible-reading communities must cultivate their own forms of validation based in their unique histories with the Bible, and the affinities between their own histories/cultures and the cultures that produced the Old and New Testament texts. https://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/2001 Publisher's version Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Stellenbosch University: SUNScholar Research Repository Scriptura 120 1 |
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CITATION: Giffone, B. D. 2021. The (ir)relevance of biblical scholarship? : a challenge, and an opportunity. Scriptura, 120(1):1-15, doi:10.7833/120-1-2001. The original publication is available at https://scriptura.journals.ac.za Has biblical scholarship become irrelevant to modern secular societies? Are the threats to the viability of biblical scholarship of the same nature as the threats to other areas of the humanities (history, philosophy, literature), or is there a qualitative difference? What about the role of technology in biblical research and biblical education? What is the future of the institutions of biblical scholarship such as universities, seminaries, journals, and academic presses? What is the role of biblical scholars in secular and post-secular societies, as contrasted with scholars in/from emerging communities? This essay argues that the problem of “validation” lies at the heart of biblical scholarship’s irrelevancy within the broader secularity of modern world and that this problem is even more evident in the scholarly discourse coming from regions like Eastern Europe and South Africa. However, the loss of authority of biblical scholarship more generally represents an opportunity for these communities. Rather than becoming enamoured of validation from the North Atlantic world, Bible-reading communities must cultivate their own forms of validation based in their unique histories with the Bible, and the affinities between their own histories/cultures and the cultures that produced the Old and New Testament texts. https://scriptura.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/2001 Publisher's version |
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