Los eruditos poscoloniales e indigenistas han criticado los estudios bíblicos y han presentado sus interpretaciones alternativas. Los enfoques poscoloniales de la Biblia fueron abordados por primera vez por eruditos de la Biblia hebrea. Una crítica ha sido el uso instrumental de la teología (y de los estudios bíblicos) para la legitimación de colonialismos e imperialismos, e incluso su connivencia con los mismos. La Biblia se compuso en un mundo de imperios, por lo que todas las disciplinas de los estudios bíblicos, desde la Biblia hebrea y los estudios del Segundo Templo hasta el Nuevo Testamento y el cristianismo primitivo, de acuerdo al poscolonialismo podrían obtener nuevos conocimientos sobre la producción de la literatura bíblica y su mundo.
En el mundo poscolonial, los colonizadores dejaron un legado de su propia versión del cristianismo y sus textos sagrados. Posteriormente, los pueblos indígenas, anteriormente colonizados, han comenzado a interpretar el cristianismo y sus textos sagrados según sus propios estándares, para sus propios fines.
En realidad el poscolonialismo no nos ha dicho nada nuevo. La Biblia ha sido y es usada como narrativa legitimadora de posturas inverosímiles.
Un problema inevitable con las lecturas poscoloniales es su crítica parcial a una clase de imperialismos y colonialismos, dejando a un lado las dictaduras de izquierda, sus fenecidos experimentos imperiales o su actual revolución cultural totalitaria. ¿No será que el poscolonialismo en su pretensión de lectura liberadora termine siendo instrumentado y connivente con nuevas lecturas opresoras?
As concerning the Word of life, Luke 10 section 25-28 says: On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?" He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" "You have answered correctly," Jesus replied. "Do this and you will live."
ResponderEliminarMatthew 5 section 43-48 says: "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
In Old Testament, the Jewish people and their ancestors were given the Law to observe. First, What Adam and Eve should observe was that they could not eat the fruits from the tree of wisdom. Then, their son Cain was told that he should not kill. As sins became increased, the laws were also added more. Up to the generation of Moses, the Law in Old Testament was given to Israelites. We know that the Law is good and the Law is used to punish people who commit sins, but people cannot obey the Law because the sinful spirits are in people. Even that we know stealing and giving false testimony are sinful, but greedy and pride spirits in us drive us to do sinful things. So as Old Testament prophesied we need to get rid of our sinful nature from our spirits.
Ezekiel 36 section 24-27 says: "'For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
The prophecies are fulfilled when Jesus begins to teach love. The two greatest commandments are " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" Love is above the Law and if people have love they are free from the law of sin and death. People who are full of love will not think about stealing or giving false testimony but are merciful and they feed hungry people or give thirsty people something to drink or invite strangers in or clothe people who need clothes. The Law is for people who commit sins. Nobody will say that he will get reward because he does not steal before. But love is the grace we get. And with love we will get eternal life.
Romans 13 section 8-10 says: Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "Do not commit adultery," "Do not murder," "Do not steal," "Do not covet," and whatever other commandment there may be, are summed up in this one rule: "Love your neighbor as yourself." Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
John 4 section 23-24 says: Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."