Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: Interdisciplinary Intersections

Abstract

Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: Interdisciplinary Intersections, edited by Stephen D. Moore and Fernando F. Segovia. The Bible and Postcolonialism Series. London: TT or, the Postcolonial and the Postmodern, 79-96) by Moore examines the interaction of poststructuralism with or within postcolonialism, in a fashion now characteristic of Moore, by eclectically ruminating on a number of topics. Poststructuralism is posited as an adjudicating third post term between postmodernism and postcolonialism, especially since the high profile postcolonial trinity of Said, Spivak, and Bhabha are each in some ways practicing or indebted to poststructuralist analyses. Moore rehearses some of the critiques of postcolonial theory, most notably those of Aijaz Ahmad, addressing them in part by attesting to personal and pedagogical experiences of their relevance and utility for students. As the title indicates, this contribution reconsiders the historical anecdote that Bhabha himself reconsidered about the introduction of the Bible as a book that is simultaneously imperial and native, English and Indian (in Signs Taken for Wonders). …

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