The Book of Hiding

Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation, and Esther

Timothy K. Beal (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

166 Seiten

1997
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-16780-2 (ISBN)

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The Book of Hiding offers a fluent and erudite analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender, ethnicity and social ambiguity. Beal focuses particularly on the traditionally marginalised book of Esther, in order to examine closely the categories of self and other in relation to religion, sexism, nationalism, and the ever-looming legacies and future possibilities of annihilation. Beal applies the critical tools of contemporary theorists, such as Cixous, Irigaray and Levinas, challenging widely held assumptions about the moral and life-affirming message of Scripture and even about the presence of God in the book of Esther. The Book of Hiding draws together a variety of different perspectives and disciplines, creating a unique space for dialogue raising new questions and reconsidering old assumptions, which is profoundly interesting and well-articulated.

Timothy K. Beal is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Women's and Gender Studies at Eckerd College, Florida. He is the Chair of the Reading, Theory and the Bible section of the Society of Biblical Literature. He is co-editor, with David Gunn, of Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies: Identity and the Book (Routledge 1996).

Preface, Introduction: Dislocating Beginnings, 1. Writing Out, I, 2. Palimpsest, 3. The Bible As Moral Literature, 4. Writing Out, II, 5. Finding Oneself Signed Up, 6. Insomnia, and a Lost Dream of Writing, 7. Subversive Excesses, 8. Coming Out, In Conclusion, Notes, Bibliography, Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.10.1997
Reihe/Serie	Biblical Limits
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	320 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater
	Reisen ► Reiseführer
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Hilfswissenschaften
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Bibelausgaben / Bibelkommentare
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-415-16780-9 / 0415167809
ISBN-13	978-0-415-16780-2 / 9780415167802
Zustand	Neuware