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Genesis : Procreation and the Politics of Identity - Mark G. Brett

Genesis

Procreation and the Politics of Identity

By: Mark G. Brett

Paperback | 20 July 2000 | Edition Number 1

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Combining insights from social and literary theory with a firm grasp of traditional historical studies, Brett argues that the Book of Genesis can be read as resistance literature. In Brett's illuminating analysis, stories such as the marriages of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as well as the narratives of Hagar, Dinah and Tamar reveal 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 ethnocentrism of the imperial governors of the Persian period.
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..."a meaningful dialogue that illuminates the social function of the final form of Genesis." -Religious Studies Review ..." the biblical material is rigorously analyzed and the thesis carefully argued, with honest attention given to interpretations that vary from the author's... it will capture the imagination of those interested in literary approaches." -Dianne Bergant, "The Bible Today

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