Interdisciplinary Mutuality

Migration, the Bible, and Scholarly Reciprocity

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ID3555448
AuthorsEric M Trinka (0009-0008-2586-9710, Emory and Henry College, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume16
Issue5
Pages608
Publication date2025-05-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel16050608
OpenAlexW4410287112
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

For almost forty years, scholars of the Bible have drawn on the conglomerate field of migration studies to illuminate historical contexts and to exegete biblical texts. This paper recognizes the rich contributions supplied across the decades by such interdisciplinary scholarship. It offers a rejoinder to this work by exploring how biblical scholars might balance the interdisciplinary scales through reciprocal contributions to migration studies. The response is structured in three movements. First, I present the biblical corpus as a migration-informed and migration-informing artifact that has influenced perceptions of and engagements with migration for more than two millennia. The second part of the paper presents three avenues biblical scholars might pursue in their approaches to migration scholars as interlocutors. Finally, my conclusion offers closing reflections on ways biblical scholars might more appropriately prepare themselves for further interdisciplinary mutuality

Social science · Sociology · Christian Theology and Mission · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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