Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies : Identity and The Book - David Gunn

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Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies

Identity and The Book

By: David Gunn (Editor), Timothy K. Beal (Editor)

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Paperback | 28 November 1996 | Edition Number 1

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The Bible is often said to be one of the foundation texts of Western culture. The present volume shows that it goes far beyond being a religious text. The essays explore how religious, political and cultural identities, including ethnicity and gender, are embodied in biblical discourse. Following the authors, we read the Bible with new eyes: as a critic of gender, ideology, politics and culture. We ask ourselves new questions: about God''s body, about women''s role, about racial prejudices and about the politics of the written word.
Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies crosses boundaries. It questions our most fundamental assumptions about the Bible. It shows how biblical studies can benefit from the mainstream of Western intellectual discourse, throwing up entirely new questions and offering surprising answers. Accessible, engaging and moving easily between theory and the reading of specific texts, this volume is an exciting contribution to contemporary biblical and cultural studies.

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..."Tim Beal and David Gunn have edited a fine collection, highly recommended for all with interest in the promising new directions of contemporary biblical studies." -Harold C. Washington, "Journal of the American Academy of Religion "Lamenting the sometimes insular guild of current biblical studies, this collection of sixteen essays helps to initiate the "Biblical Limits" series - designed to bring "postmodern perspectives to the reading of familiar biblical texts "OLD TESTAMENT ABSTRACTS." 1999

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Acknowledgements	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Opening	p. 1
	p. 14
Shifting the Blame	p. 16
Notes	p. 32
The Problem of the Body for the People of the Book	p. 34
Notes	p. 53
The Hebrew God and His Female Complements	p. 56
Oedipus Wrecks	p. 72
Woman Wisdom and the Strange Woman	p. 85
	p. 114
Woman and the Discourse of Patriarchal Wisdom	p. 116
Imagination, Method, and Murder	p. 132
The Problem with Pagans	p. 153
Assuming the Body of the Heir Apparent	p. 164
Utopia and Pornography in Ezekiel	p. 175
An Imaginary and Desirable Converse'	p. 184
Notes	p. 202
	p. 206
Transference and Tact in Biblical Studies	p. 208
Margins of Lamentation	p. 219
A Postscript to the Book	p. 232
What Does the Bible Say?	p. 242
Bibliography	p. 262
Index of Authors	p. 277
Index of Subjects	p. 281
Index of Ancient Sources	p. 287
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