Teaching Mark through a postcolonial optic

This contribution explores the potential value of a postcolonial approach for teaching Mark's gospel. Investigating a number of texts from the gospel, it asks to what extent a postcolonial optic implies a different approach to the gospel, what it adds and where challenges exist. Teaching with a...

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Published in:	Hervormde teologiese studies Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 1 - 09
Main Author:	Punt, Jeremy
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pretoria African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS 2015 AOSIS (Pty) Ltd Reformed Theological College of the Netherdutch Reformed Church of Africa at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Pretoria and Society for Practical Theology in South Africa AOSIS
Subjects:	Biblical studies Empire Exegesis & hermeneutics Mark New Testament pedagogics Postcolonial Postcolonialism Religion Theology
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Summary:	This contribution explores the potential value of a postcolonial approach for teaching Mark's gospel. Investigating a number of texts from the gospel, it asks to what extent a postcolonial optic implies a different approach to the gospel, what it adds and where challenges exist. Teaching with a postcolonial optic entails framing the gospel in its 1st-century imperial context and focusing on the ambivalence and ambiguity of imperial rule, investigating texts with attention to hybridity and mimicry in particular. Teaching the Gospel of Mark through a postcolonial optic opens up new possibilities for interpretation and contextualisation, but at the same time poses certain challenges, pedagogically and otherwise.
ISSN:	0259-9422 2072-8050 2072-8050
DOI:	10.4102/hts.v71i1.2970