Combining insights from social and literary theory as well as traditional historical studies, Mark Brett argues that the first book of the Bible can be read as resistance literature.
Placing the theological text firmly within its socio-political context, he shows that the editors of Genesis were directly engaged with contemporary issues, especially the nature of an authentic community, and that the book was designed to undermine the ethnocentism of the imperial governors of the Persian period (fifth century BCE).
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Mark Brett places the first book of the Bible firmly within its sociopolitical context. He argues that it can be read as resistance literature and that the editors of Genesis^ were directly engaged with contemporary issues.
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Introduction: the contest of methods1 Genesis 1–11: creation and dominance 2 Genesis 12–25: the making of nations 3 Genesis 26–36: on tricksters 4 Genesis 37–50: reasons of state 5 Whose Genesis? Which orthodoxy?
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ISBN
9780415141499
Publisert
2000-07-20
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Routledge
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340 gr
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216 mm
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138 mm
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U, 05
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Engelsk
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184
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