Melville's Bibles

By: Ilana Pardes

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Paperback | 5 February 2008 | Edition Number 1

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Many writers in antebellum America sought to reinvent the Bible, but no one, Ilana Pardes argues, was as insistent as Melville on redefining biblical exegesis while doing so. In Moby-Dick he not only ventured to fashion a grand new inverted Bible in which biblical rebels and outcasts assume center stage, but also aspired to comment on every imaginable mode of biblical interpretation, calling for a radical reconsideration of the politics of biblical reception. In Melville's Bibles, Pardes traces Melville's response to a whole array of nineteenth-century exegetical writings-literary scriptures, biblical scholarship, Holy Land travel narratives, political sermons, and women's bibles. She shows how Melville raised with unparalleled verve the question of what counts as Bible and what counts as interpretation.

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"A fascinating account." * Review of Biblical Literature *
"A well-researched, attractively written examination of the larger biblical context of Melville's masterpiece, and it provides a capable overview of a variety of nineteenth-century exegetical and hermeneutical traditions on the five Old Testament figures it scrutinizes." * Christianity and Literature *
"Well argued and well written, this is a book for all students of Melville." * CHOICE *
"Each of the book's five chapters is deftly written and certainly demonstrates Pardes' proficiency in the fields of literary criticism and biblical exegesis." * Missiology *

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History History of the Americas Religion & Beliefs Christianity Biblical Studies & Exegesis Literature, Poetry & Plays History & Criticism of Literature General Literary Studies Literary Studies from 1800 to 1900 Literary Studies of Fiction

Religion Literary Theory

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Playing with Leviathan: Job and the Aesthetic Turn in Biblical Exegesis	p. 18
"Jonah Historically Regarded": Improvisations on Kitto's Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature	p. 46
"Call Me Ishmael": The Bible and the Orient	p. 73
Ahab, Idolatry, and the Question of Possession: Biblical Politics	p. 98
Rachel's Inconsolable Cry: The Rise of Women's Bibles	p. 123
Epilogue	p. 148
Notes	p. 157
Index	p. 185
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