Ancient roots of the islander narrative of inferiority / Camilla Raymond. Island twists. Island prodigals : encircling the void in Luke 15:11-32 with Albert Wendt / Mosese Ma'ilo -- Wet Bible : stor(y)ing Jonah with Sia Figiel / Jione Havea -- Native texts : Samoan proverbial and wisdom sayings / Levesi Laumau Afutiti -- Ko e punake mo 'e ne ta'anga, pea mo e folofola (Composer, composition, and the canon) / Tangikefataua Koloamatangi -- Island turns. Lifting the tapu of sex : a tulou reading of the Song of Songs / Brian Fiu Kolia -- Moses, both Hebrew and Egyptian : a Samoan Palagi reading of Exodus 2-3 / Martin Wilson Mariota -- Sipora (Zipporah), both native and foreigner : a marama iTaukei reading of Exodus 4:24-26 / Inise Vakabua Foi'akau -- Not just a bimbo : a reading of Esther by a Singaporean immigrant in Aotearoa New Zealand / Angeline M.G. Song -- The priestly ger (alien) meets the Samoan tagata ese (outsider) / Makesi Neemia -- Jesus the fiaola (opportunity seeker) : a postcolonial Samoan reading of Matthew 7:24-8:22 / Vaitusi Nofoaiga -- Across the sea. Is my island your island? : a response in three keys / Fiona C. Black -- Not @ sea : finding and foraging among family resemblances across the oceans / Gerald O. West -- Going with the flow / Daniel Patte -- Ancient roots of the islander narrative of inferiority / Camilla Raymond.
Summary:
This collection of essays edited by Jione Havea is a companion to Islands, Islanders, and the Bible (2015). In this volume, contributors focus on the relationship between biblical scholarship and the churches in the South Pacific. Essays are presented in three sections: (1) readings that twist biblical texts around insights of Pasifika novelists, composers, poets, and sages; (2) contextual readings that turn biblical texts toward Pasifika; and (3) responses by biblical critics. -- ‡c From publisher's description.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.