{"title":"Reconsidering Bathsheba’s Story from an Asian Perspective","authors":"Cheon Samuel","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..12.200912.121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..12.200912.121","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to understand the story of Bathsheba in 2 Samuel 11 from an Asian perspective. To do so, it attempts a comparative study between the biblical story and similar folktales in Asia, including the folktale of Domi and the narrative of Hanbing, after reviewing three interpretations of the story, according to which Bathsheba is considered as a victim, a seducer, or an ambiguous person. Criticizing the other two interpretations, it develops the perspective that she was the victim of the king’s adultery. This comparative study makes us understand the biblical story from the perspective of the powerless who produced and retold such folktales in the situation in which social injustice caused by the king’s misuse of power was prevalent. It is argued that Bathsheba’s story itself belongs to the narrative type of the king taking a married woman from a powerless man, in which the king is considered as wicked, whereas the victim is just. That is, David is described as an immoral king, whereas Bathsheba and Uriah are presented as being just. As such Asian narratives are considered as a reflection of the immorality and injustice of the king and his society, the biblical story can be also considered as an implication of David’s wickedness and his kingdom’s immorality, as its following narratives show. In this regard, it is not simply gossip dealing with the king’s private adultery, but a pivotal story within the “Court Narrative,”which reveals the injustice of the king and his kingdom.","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125191879","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Alternative Biblical Reading on Luke13:1-9","authors":"박흥순","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..11.200906.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..11.200906.7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129872940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ending Scapegoating: a Theology of Peace","authors":"권진관","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..11.200906.27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..11.200906.27","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"134 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121969794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protestant Spirit in Korean Mind: Korean Non-Church Christian Principles of Localizing the Universal Gospel","authors":"Soyoung Baik-Chey","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..11.200906.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..11.200906.39","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"166 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115757847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Life, Ecology, and Theo-tao: Towards a Life Theology of Theanthropocosmic Tao","authors":"김흡영","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..11.200906.75","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..11.200906.75","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130765015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creating a Culture of Reconciliation and Life through Hanpuri and Hanmaji – A Feminist Theological Interpretation of the Miyalhalmi Dance in the Bongsan Talchum (Bongsan Mask Dance)","authors":"최영실","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..11.200906.119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..11.200906.119","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133511571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Reading of Isaiah 11 in the Context of the Divided Korea with focus on a Reunification Theology of Isaiah in his Messianic Prophecy","authors":"김회권","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..10.200812.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..10.200812.39","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125063192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Donghak and Daseok's Understanding of Christianity Seen through Cheon-bu-gyeong: An Attempt to Find a Point of Contact for the Indigenization and Globalization of Christianity","authors":"이정배","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..10.200812.59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..10.200812.59","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127303640","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Covenanting for Justice in the Economy and the Earth","authors":"Park Seong-won","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..9.200806.131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..9.200806.131","url":null,"abstract":"The Accra Confession was adopted by the delegates of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) 24th General Council in Accra, Ghana (2004), based on the theological conviction that the economic and environmental injustices of today’s global economy require the Reformed family to respond as a matter of faith in the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Accra Confession calls upon Reformed Christians around the world to engage injustices in the world as an integral part of their churches’ witness and mission. [See page 2 for a list of North American churches represented.] The full text of the confession begins on page 2.","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123507178","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mission als Frieden, Dialog und Diakonie","authors":"Chai Soo-il","doi":"10.26590/MADANG..9.200806.79","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26590/MADANG..9.200806.79","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":130336,"journal":{"name":"Madang: Journal of Contextual Theology","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131142930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}