Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies: Identity and the Book

Portada
Timothy Kandler Beal, David M. Gunn
Psychology Press, 1997 - 292 páginas

The Bible is often said to be one of the foundation texts of Western culture. The present volume shows that it goes far beyond being a religious text. The essays explore how religious, political and cultural identities, including ethnicity and gender, are embodied in biblical discourse. Following the authors, we read the Bible with new eyes: as a critic of gender, ideology, politics and culture. We ask ourselves new questions: about God's body, about women's role, about racial prejudices and about the politics of the written word.
Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies crosses boundaries. It questions our most fundamental assumptions about the Bible. It shows how biblical studies can benefit from the mainstream of Western intellectual discourse, throwing up entirely new questions and offering surprising answers. Accessible, engaging and moving easily between theory and the reading of specific texts, this volume is an exciting contribution to contemporary biblical and cultural studies.

Dentro del libro

Contenido

Cracking the Binding
1
God in the Garden
16
THE PROBLEM OF THE BODY FOR THE PEOPLE
34
THE HEBREW GOD AND HIS FEMALE COMPLEMENTS
56
Moses and Gods
72
WOMAN AND THE DISCOURSE OF PATRIARCHAL
116
THE PROBLEM WITH PAGANS
153
TRANSFERENCE AND TACT IN BIBLICAL STUDIES
208
MARGINS OF LAMENTATION Or The Unbearable
219
Bibliography
262
Index of Authors
277
Index of Ancient Sources
288
Derechos de autor

Otras ediciones - Ver todas

Términos y frases comunes

Información bibliográfica