TY - JOUR
T1 - Second isaiah lands in Washington, DC
T2 - Martin Luther king, Jr.'s "I have a dream" as biblical narrative and biblical hermeneutic
AU - Miller, Keith
PY - 2007/9/13
Y1 - 2007/9/13
N2 - Even though Martin Luther King, Jr. constantly cited the Bible, no one has seriously examined his rhetoric as biblical hermeneutic. Here I argue that in "I Have a Dream," King explodes closed memories of the Exodus by reconceptualizing a hermeneutic of (Second) Isaiah as he interprets African-Americans' experience of oppression and exile in Babylon/America and their hope for a new Exodus. Drawing on African-American political rhetoric, King spotlights biblical writers' dialogue with each other and extends the arc of biblical narrative into the present. He also anticipates certain forms of liberation theology of the 1970s and beyond.
AB - Even though Martin Luther King, Jr. constantly cited the Bible, no one has seriously examined his rhetoric as biblical hermeneutic. Here I argue that in "I Have a Dream," King explodes closed memories of the Exodus by reconceptualizing a hermeneutic of (Second) Isaiah as he interprets African-Americans' experience of oppression and exile in Babylon/America and their hope for a new Exodus. Drawing on African-American political rhetoric, King spotlights biblical writers' dialogue with each other and extends the arc of biblical narrative into the present. He also anticipates certain forms of liberation theology of the 1970s and beyond.
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U2 - 10.1080/07350190701577926
DO - 10.1080/07350190701577926
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:41549091932
SN - 0735-0198
VL - 26
SP - 405
EP - 424
JO - Rhetoric Review
JF - Rhetoric Review
IS - 4
ER -