Vanderbilt University Department of  Religious Studies, College of Arts and Science

REQUIRED TEXTS

Bible:

Oxford Annotated Bible; Harper Collins Annotated Bible; New Interpreter's Study Bible; Catholic Study Bible; New Revised Standard Version; New American Bible; Jerusalem Bible; New English Bible; New International Version, or King James Version. BUT NOT a "paraphrased" versions,@ e.g., The Living Bible.

Global Bible Commentary. Patte, Editor; Croatto, Duran, Lee, Okure, Associate Eds.,

The Gospel of Matthew: A Contextual Introduction. Patte, Stubbs, Ukpong, Velunta

SUGGESTED TEXTS (you will need to use several of these, according to your paper topic)

From Every People & Nation: The Book of Revelation in Intercultural Perspectives. David Rhoads, Editor

Navigating Romans Through Cultures. Yeo, Editor

True to our Native Land, African American New Testament Commentary. Brian Blount, Editor

Reading Israel in Romans. Grenholm & Patte, Editors

Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology. Kwok

Cross-cultural Pau.l Cosgroves, Editor

Decolonizing Biblical Studies. Segovia

The Bible and the Third World. Sugirtharajah

RECOMMENDED TEXTS (you will need to use several of these, according to your paper topic)

What is Scripture? A Comparative Approach. Cantwell Smith, On Reserve

The Bible in a World Context: An Experiment in Contextual Hermeneutics. Dietrich & Luz, Editors On Reserve

A Short History of the Interpretation of the Bible. Grant and Tracy, On Reserve

Book of Revelation. Schussler Fiorenza