@article{esterhuizen_decolonising_2018, title = {Decolonising biblical trauma studies: the metaphorical name Shear-jashub in Isaiah 7:3ff read through a postcolonial South African perspective: research}, volume = {31}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-13f6a37e28}, abstract = {Anyone reading the Bible will attest that Biblical scriptures preserve a collection of struggles, trauma, and hardship in their ancient communities - the same trauma markers that many South Africans can attest to. On the same continuum, anyone who is reading the book of Isaiah, are confronted with not only a difficult book but also a difficult prophet. Isaiah did not in Isaiah 7:3ff only address his prophetic utterances at the King as an individual, but also at the people of Judah as a collective group and he did so through the metaphorical name-giving of his son “Shear-jashub.” The fear of imperialism and oppression was a reality, as it would later be in apartheid South Africa. The reading of Isaiah 7:3ff from a postcolonial perspective aims to provide a decolonised biblical trauma lens that would create an understanding of a decolonised reader in a postcolonial South Africa.}, pages = {522--533}, number = {3}, journaltitle = {Old Testament Essays}, author = {Esterhuizen, Liza}, date = {2018-12}, note = {Free}, }