Mark and Its Subalterns

This book offers a fresh appraisal of the identity and involvement of the subalterns in Mark, arguing that the presence of the subalterns in Mark is a possible hermeneutical tool for re-reading the Bible in a postcolonial context like India

Foreword PART I Hermeneutics: General Methodological Considerations 2 Hermeneutics: Indian Methods - Postcolonial Biblical Hermeneutics 3 Towards a Postcolonial Biblical Hermeneutics PART II Mark - Context and Interpretation 4 Colonial Powers and their Marks in Mark 5 Mark and its Subalterns: A Product of Conflict and Resistance? 6 Mark 10:17-31 in the Light of the Issues of the Poor and their Representation: A Postcolonial Reading 7 Mark 7:24-30 in the Light of Race, Gender and Hybridity: A Postcolonial Reading 8 Mark 5:1-20 in the Light of the Issues of Class, Nationalism and Subalternity: A Postcolonial Biblical Reading 9 General Conclusions: Hermeneutical Issues and Concluding Summary