ABSTRACT

During the recent past, many New Testament readers have sought to address the problem of the marginalized persons and communities in the Gospel of Mark. Since the 1970s India has witnessed many endeavours in hermeneutics in tune with explorations from the social and political viewpoints which seemed to define the identity of the marginalized in Mark. Although fresh investigations in both Markan studies and hermeneutics have brought tremendous insights in terms of a liberative use of the Bible, much work needs to be done from the postcolonial context for employing a hermeneutical paradigm for the context of the researcher. The researcher is a product of postcolonial India and has undergone different kinds of struggles due to the colonial and neocolonial power dynamics. As a Christian, the question of the liberative potential of the Bible has been a major driving force during recent years of theological deliberations, and the researcher has been well placed within the context of a multiplicity of scriptures and cultures.