Book Review: “Reading the Bible Around the World: A Student’s Guide to Global Hermeneutics”

Reading the Bible Around the World introduces readers to seeing global perspectives on the Bible.

The book is clearly meant to be, as the subtitle suggests, “A Student’s Guide to Global Hermeneutics.” It’s a pithy volume, but each chapter packs a punch. The authors go through Latin America, Africa, Europe/Euro-American, Asian, and Diasporic approaches to reading scripture, dedicating one chapter to each topic. Each chapter is about 20 pages, but stuffed with information. Each chapter highlights the main names in hermeneutics in each area, and gives a couple specific looks at how things like the Parable of the Loving Neighbor (Luke 10), the story of Ruth, or other passages. These latter parts of the chapters help readers to understand the context provided in the earlier parts.

Reading the Bible Around the World is a brief, interesting look into global readings of the Bible. Recommended for those looking to expand perspectives beyond American-centric readings of Scripture.

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