La Hermenéutica bíblica Latinoamericana en Colombia: Cuatro pioneros

The work is inscribed in the interpretative horizon of the biblical text, proposed by the Latin American Biblical Hermeneutics (HBL). This hermeneutics seeks not only to explain the biblical texts in their original context, but also to understand them from the current Latin American reality. Colombian Biblical Hermeneutics is a branch of HBL, with a specific emphasis on the interpretation of the Bible from the social, cultural and political realities of the country. In this perspective, the work highlights the human profile and the methodological contribution of four pioneers of biblical interpretation in Colombia. Neftalí Vélez Chaverra, S.J., who, from Pastoral Theology, studied and shared the dynamics of popular reading of the Bible in the basic ecclesial communities. Mario Peresson Tonelli, S.D.B., who, with the Educational Dimension and the Popular Theology project, brought biblical reading back to the poor, as an active subject of their own liberation. Gonzalo de la Torre, C.M.F., missionary biblical scholar who created the hermeneutic method of the triadic social matrix, in order to find the practical line of the biblical text. And the litterateur and biblical scholar Carmiña Navia Velasco, I. J., a pioneer in feminist biblical reading in Colombia; her social commitment leads her to study the causes of poverty in Colombia. her social commitment leads her to study the causes of women's marginalization and to propose alternative readings of the biblical protagonists. her social commitment leads her to study the causes of the marginalization of women and to propose alternative readings of the biblical protagonists, to help women to look at themselves in different mirrors.