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Synopsis
How does today's literary theory reshape our reading of the Bible? For too long, attention to the Bible "as literature" has meant focusing on traditional aspects of plot, characterization and imagery. In this volume, literary and cultural critics bring theoretical reflection to the Bible, illuminating it in ways that are surprising - if not always comfortable. They address such topics as: how the narrative offers a subtle challenge to the cominant patriarchal structure in the book of Judges, how the survival and loss of texts in the Hebrew Bible is implicated in patterns of repression and remembering, how the context of popular culture in the ancient Greek develops genre expectations for the gospel of Mark and how Paul negotiates the conflicts between social identity and baptismal identity. This collection of essays engages the Bible with a broad range of theoretical perspectives; feminism, Marxism, psychoanalytic criticism, deconstruction, anthropological criticism, poetics, historicism and hermeneutics.
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The Book and the Text: The Bible and Literary Theory
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Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1990
ISBN 10: 0631168613
ISBN 13: 9780631168614
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Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
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Cloth Over Boards. Condition: Great. Dust Jacket Condition: Great w/ Protective Cover. First Edition. Pages tight in binding with some yellowing and spotting/foxing. Front page has a previous owners name in pen in the top right and book has some minor annotation throughout in pencil. Dust jacket is in great condition and in a protective cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hard Cover. Seller Inventory # 145589
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The Book and the Text: The Bible and Literary Theory
Seller: Marbus Farm Books, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library hardcover, no dj. Usual ex-library markings. Light shelfwear to covers. Front free endpaper has been clipped out. Contents clean and tight. 313 pages, index, notes. Seller Inventory # 23819