Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-275).

Historical and Philosophical contexts of biblical interpretation in the west

Cultural criticisms and liberationist readings of the scripture

Interpretations of scripture in Asia and India

Tribal Hermeneutics : A Communitarian Hermeneutics

"Hermeneutics is one of the most interdisciplinary branches of knowledge. For any discipline: history, philosophy, theology, science, ecology, culture, politics, and others, one needs hermeneutics. Likewise, biblical hermeneutics can also be studied from different perspectives namely, Old Testament, New Testament, Biblical Theology, Doctrinal Study, and so on, making it multifaceted. Given this circumstance, the objective of this book is to make biblical hermeneutics reader and student-friendly from an interdisciplinary approach (philosophy, biblical, and theology). On the other hand, there are hundreds of well-written books on biblical hermeneutics; however, a large number of books are extremely abstract or philosophical and unsystematic for young readers; in a sense, they bring in different philosophers, hermeneuts, and other scholars without any introductory notes on those experts; thus, making the students confused and difficult to understand. This trait is explicitly shared by numerous theological students from various theological seminaries and colleges in India. Therefore, this book, Biblical Hermeneutics: Methodologies and Perspectives, is a humble attempt to make hermeneutics easy to read, reliable, comprehensive, contextualized, and provides vital information without losing its philosophical, biblical, and theological implications." --Provided by publisher