Biblical Intersections
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Series Editorial Board: Dr. Robert Seesengood, Drew College (Chair) Dr. Katie Edwards, University of Sheffield Dr. Laura Copier, Universiteit Utrecht Dr. Jay Twomey, University of Cincinnati Dr. James Crossley, St. Mary’s University, London Dr. Jorunn Økland, University of Oslo Dr. Rhiannon Graybill, Rhodes CollegeSeries Editorial Board: Dr. Robert Seesengood, Drew College (Chair) Dr. Katie Edwards, University of Sheffield Dr. Laura Copier, Universiteit Utrecht Dr. Jay Twomey, University of Cincinnati Dr. James Crossley, St. Mary’s University, London Dr. Jorunn Økland, University of Oslo Dr. Rhiannon Graybill, Rhodes CollegeSeries Editorial Board: Dr. Robert Seesengood, Drew College (Chair) Dr. Katie Edwards, University of Sheffield Dr. Laura Copier, Universiteit Utrecht Dr. Jay Twomey, University of Cincinnati Dr. James Crossley, St. Mary’s University, London Dr. Jorunn Økland, University of Oslo Dr. Rhiannon Graybill, Rhodes College
Biblical Intersections explores various topics beyond theological or exclusively historical exegetical studies, including the relationship of Hebrew and Christian scripture to philosophy, sociology, anthropology, economics, cultural studies, intertextuality and literary studies. Biblical Intersections seeks to be the leading publishing outlet of scholarship combining Biblical Studies and other professional fields, attending to both the ancient and modern cultural contexts of the text.Biblical Intersections explores various topics beyond theological or exclusively historical exegetical studies, including the relationship of Hebrew and Christian scripture to philosophy, sociology, anthropology, economics, cultural studies, intertextuality and literary studies. Biblical Intersections seeks to be the leading publishing outlet of scholarship combining Biblical Studies and other professional fields, attending to both the ancient and modern cultural contexts of the text.Biblical Intersections explores various topics beyond theological or exclusively historical exegetical studies, including the relationship of Hebrew and Christian scripture to philosophy, sociology, anthropology, economics, cultural studies, intertextuality and literary studies. Biblical Intersections seeks to be the leading publishing outlet of scholarship combining Biblical Studies and other professional fields, attending to both the ancient and modern cultural contexts of the text.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 277
ISBN: 9781607241126
Pub Date: 22 Sep 2010
Description:
Using a form of social-historical criticism this book provides a counter-reading of Lamentations that elucidates the impact and aftermath of siege warfare on Judah's peasants. The rhetoric of Lamentations, ancient Near Eastern writings, and archaeological evidence are considered, along with social models from other agrarian societies. Together these shed light on the changing social dynamics, religious customs, and political and economic structures of rural and urban Judah in the sixth century BCE.
This study brings to life voices long silent, and suggests that Judah's peasants played a significant role in the survival of peasant and city-dweller alike, when Jerusalem fell.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 179
ISBN: 9781607249566
Pub Date: 17 Jun 2010
Description:
The papers in this anthology represent the proceedings of the Anthropology and the Bible session from the European Association of Biblical Studies Annual Meeting held in Lincoln, UK (July 2009). The main aim of the session is to foster critical uses of social anthropology for reading biblical scholarship and ancient Near Eastern studies related to the Bible. The papers of this volume reflect all these perspectives and stand as a critical renewal of the uses of anthropology and sociology in biblical scholarship in distinction to social-science approaches.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 343
ISBN: 9781607249788
Pub Date: 08 Apr 2010
Description:
Using societal patterns of exploitation that are evidenced in agrarian societies from the Bronze Age to modern-day corporate globalization, Re-Reading the Prophets offers a new approach to understanding the hidden contexts behind prophetic complaints against economic injustice in eighth-century Judah.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9781607240013
Pub Date: 03 Apr 2009
Description:
Were issues like economic and political oppression, holy wars, resistance literature, hate-speech, xenophobia and other 21st-century realities already present among the civilizations of the ancient Near East? Prophetic literature and specifically the Book of Nahum in the Old Testament provide a unique perspective on these issues. Through Nahum’s moving poetry and disturbing imagery, oppression is verbalised, deep emotion is uncovered and we are given a glimpse of liberation and new hope in times of darkness.
This book will sensitize the reader to a better understanding of the identity and dynamics of oppressed groups, both ancient and modern.
Format: Hardback
Pages: 234
ISBN: 9781607241058
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2009
Description:
This ground-breaking study offers a reassessment of Moses' book of the law from a narrative theory perspective. Concerned for the long-term viability of his people, Moses legislates a public reading of his document which is deposited next to the ark of the covenant as a national testament. Through the mechanics of narrative mediation, the narrator reveals to the reader of Deuteronomy the contents of Moses' enshrined publication.
Deuteronomy's simulcast of Moses' book invites external readers to compare and evaluate their readings with story-world readers who access the same text within the Bible's Primary Narrative.
