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Palestine in the 1st Century CE was subject to colonial rule, leading to the marginalisation of the native people and the victimisation of the poor. Mark and its Subalterns offers a fresh appraisal of the identity and involvement of subalterns in Mark's Gospel, arguing that the presence of subalterns in Mark provides a hermeneutical tool for re-reading the Bible in a postcolonial context. Drawing on liberation and feminist readings of Scripture, the book examines postcolonial biblical interpretations that failed to take native peoples into account. The book presents a postcolonial reading of the Gospel of Mark - highlighting key issues of gender, race, hybridity, class, nationalism, purity and the representation of the poor - and uses this analysis to construct a framework for understanding religion in contemporary India.
"Joy's interpretation from an Indian context gives evidence of why a postcolonial reading is necessary and more effective than other models of interpretation.'"
Source: Journal of Postcolonial Theory and Theology
"This [volume] lets Mark's subalterns speak by using them to set forth a post-colonial hermeneutic valorizing the postcolonial, subaltern context. The discussion of Indian hermeneutics and the exegesis chapters will benefit advanced Markan students and postcolonial interpreters.'"
Source: Religious Studies Review
"Joy's study is wide-ranging, addressing biblical interpretation and recent Markan studies ... He demonstrates the affect of colonial rule on Mark's subalterns, usefully addressing empire, the poor, race, gender, hybridity, class/caste and nationalism.'"
Source: JSNT
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