The Book of Hiding

Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation, and Esther
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-415-16779-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 199 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

Reihe: Biblical Limits

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beal, Timothy K

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über Autor(innen)

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).