De-colonising the Biblical Narrative - Volume 2 : A First Nations De-colonising of Genesis 12-25

The precolonial treat and culture reflected in Genesis 1225 establishes a biblical precedent for First Nations Australia to embrace and celebrate. Anyone reading the Abraham narratives of Genesis 12-25 who dares to identify with the worldview of First nations Australia - interpreters, First Nations Australia leaders, empathetic readers with de-colonised minds - will expect and discern three colonial factors influencing previous readings and interpretations of the narrative: language, interpreters, and narrators.

A de-colonising hermeneutic is not only to become aware of past colonial translations of the narrative, but also to focus on the specific colonial dimensions of the narrative itself-reflected in the language, the idioms, the content or the theology of the narrative. The goal: to use this process of deep listening to discern and ''untangle'' the precolonial narrative.