Reading Ruth in Settler Colonial Australia - Paperback

by Rebecca Lindsay (Author)

Rebecca Lindsay interprets the book of Ruth from her location in Australia. Drawing on interdisciplinary methods, including decolonial studies, this volume places the book of Ruth in conversation with texts from Australia and stories from Linday's own experience, revealing common themes of home, land, memory, and identity. Engagement with Indigenous voices and settler colonial studies leads to an honest grappling with the challenges of decolonizing biblical interpretation. Scholars and students of both biblical studies and Australian studies will discover how to adopt embodied reading postures that offer an alternative to traditional biblical hermeneutics.