Overview
We live in turbulent times. The question is why, and now what. The principal aim of this volume is to provide additional interpretive lenses through which themes of hope and redemption might be seen from a range of biblical and literary texts. Thus, the volume will explore a range of texts, characters, and ideas--from Antigone and Jephthah's daughter to Nabal to the parable of the good Samaritan, from Tobit and Ruth to ideas such as charity and trauma. So, this is a time to Take Heart. In the use of the unusual term Resouling the study emphasizes and accentuates nefhesh. Resouling underlines the possibility of being refreshed after an existential or even routine reality of pain or injustice. The study seeks to understand the possibility of new beginnings, where text and new contexts intersect and shape one another. This study will further enrich the manner in which biblical texts continue to speak to a range of societies and peoples, applying universal themes of social justice and belonging while challenging a status quo that thrives on otherness.
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Author: Hemchand Gossai
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Imprint: Pickwick Publications
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.322kg
ISBN: 9781666719949
ISBN 10: 1666719943
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 22 March 2022
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The hard work of biblical interpretation is to show the ways in which this ancient text continues to ring with contemporaneity. Gossai is a master of such interpretation who does just that work. . . The outcome is an exposition of ethical insistence that in the end empowers us to 'walk good, ' his formula for a journey of goodness and grace, justice and kindness, compassion and care. --Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary What does it mean to 'take heart' in turbulent times? Gossai answers this question by drawing on the wisdom of biblical and modern authors, weaving together a timely cultural commentary on the positive power of relationships, responsibility, choice, and risk. Take Heart is a call to 're-soul' ourselves individually and collectively, a call that is rooted in the values of radical empathy and grace that inform every page of this enduring volume. --Amy L. Balogh, Regis University The hard work of biblical interpretation is to show the ways in which this ancient text continues to ring with contemporaneity. Gossai is a master of such interpretation who does just that work. . . The outcome is an exposition of ethical insistence that in the end empowers us to 'walk good, ' his formula for a journey of goodness and grace, justice and kindness, compassion and care. --Walter Brueggemann, Columbia Theological Seminary What does it mean to 'take heart' in turbulent times? Gossai answers this question by drawing on the wisdom of biblical and modern authors, weaving together a timely cultural commentary on the positive power of relationships, responsibility, choice, and risk. Take Heart is a call to 're-soul' ourselves individually and collectively, a call that is rooted in the values of radical empathy and grace that inform every page of this enduring volume. --Amy L. Balogh, Regis University
Author Information
Hemchand Gossai is Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Northern Virginia Community College. He is the author of several books, including most recently The Hebrew Prophets after the Shoah (Pickwick, 2014). He speaks widely on civic engagement and social justice.
