Yale University Library Research Guides: Latinx and Latin American Christianity: HB Commentaries

Spanish Commentaries

Comentario Bíblico Contemporáneo A contextual biblical commentary written by scholars from Latin America. Written from broadly evangelical perspective.
Comentario Bíblico Hispanoamericano Includes commentaries on the Gospel of Mark; James and Jude; 1st and 2nd Peter; Amos and Obadiah; Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther; the Pastoral Epistles; and Genesis.
Conozca Su Biblia (Know Your Bible Commentaries) One of the few commentary series written by Latin American and Latinx scholars.

Ezequiel y Daniel by Samuel Pagan; Justo L. Gonzalez Part of the Conozca su Biblia series.
Jeremas y Lamentaciones (Jeremiah and Lamentations) by Eugenia Cornou; Justo L. Gonzalez Part of Conozca su Biblia, a Bible commentary series written in Spanish by leading Hispanic theologians and Bible educators.
Job, Proverbios, Eclesiastes y Cantar de Los Cantares by Justo L. Gonzalez (Editor); Francisco Garcia-Treto
Salmos (Psalms) by Francisco Garcia-Treto (Editor)

Postcolonial Interpretation

A Postcolonial Commentary on the New Testament Writings (Online) by Fernando F. Segovia (Editor); R. S. Sugirtharajah (Editor) A comprehensive application of postcolonial criticism to the biblical texts, with its focus on the entire corpus of the New Testament. Includes contributions by Latino biblical scholars.
Decolonizing Biblical Studies by Fernando Segovia Analyzes the models and practices at work in biblical criticism and pedagogy, in particular the emerging voices of the non-Western world.
God's Economy: Biblical Studies from Latin America by Ross Kinsler (Editor); Gloria Kinsler (Editor) These collected essays represent the work of many of Latin America's leading biblical scholars, both Protestant and Catholic. Their message, rooted in the biblical theme of Jubilee, bears a prophetic challenges for all who take their faith seriously.

Subject Headings

Bible. N.T.--Postcolonial Criticism

Hispanic American Theology

Liberation Theology

Postcolonialism

Latinx Hermeneutics

Bible of the Oppressed by Elsa Tamez
Latino/A Biblical Hermeneutics by Francisco Lozada; Fernando F. Segovia
Latino/a Theology and the Bible: Ethnic-Racial Reflections on Interpretation by Francisco Lozada Jr.; Fernando F. Segovia (Editors) Explores the use of the Bible among Latino/a theologians today.
Reading from This Place: Social Location and Biblical Interpretation in the United States by Fernando F. Segovia; Mary A. Tolbert (Editor) Discusses the impact social location on the theory and practice of biblical interpretation. Includes a chapter on Hispanic biblical interpretation.
Reading the Bible from the Margins by Miguel A. De La Torre (Editor) This introduction focuses on how issues involving race, class, and gender influence our understanding of the Bible. Describing how "standard" readings of the Bible are not always acceptable to people or groups on the "margins," this book afters valuable new insights into biblical texts today.
Santa Biblia: The Bible through Hispanic Eyes by Justo L. Gonzalez Explores how a Hispanic perspective illuminates the biblical text in ways that will be valuable not only for Latino readers but also for the church at large.
Toward a Latino/a Biblical Interpretation by Francisco Lozada Jr. Explores the complex and diverse issues related to Latino/a biblical interpretation. After laying the theoretical foundation, he offers three sample readings of biblical texts to lead readers through the intricacy of interpretation that has historically and culturally surrounded understanding what it means to do Latino/a biblical interpretation.

English Commentaries

Genesis by Miguel A. De La Torre A theological interpretation of Genesis written through the themes of liberation and the concerns of the poor and marginalized. Written by a Cuban American author.
The Book of Amos by M. Daniel Carroll R. A biblical commentary on the prophet Amos written by a Guatemalan-American biblical scholar.

Monographs

The Bible and Borders: Hearing God's Word on Immigration by M. Daniel Carroll R. Following the release of his book Christians at the Border, M. Daniel Carroll R. spent the next decade continuing to speak and write about immigration. The Bible and Borders sharpens Carroll's focus and refines his argument to make sure we hear clearly what the Bible says about one of the most pressing issues of our day.
Latinxs, the Bible, and Migration by Efraín Agosto (Editor); Jacqueline M. Hidalgo (Editor) Examines the conjunction between migration and biblical texts with a focus on Latinx histories and experiences.
Resolviendo: Narratives of Survival in the Hebrew Bible and in Cuba Today by Cristina García-Alfonso Proposes that the stories of Rahab, Jael, and Jephthah can be particularly enriched and give hope to contemporary contexts of hardship when they are read through the Cuban notion of resolviendo (survival).
When the Horizons Close: Rereading Ecclesiastes by Elsa Tamez