Narrative and Identity

An Ethical Reading of Exodus 4
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15855-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 86, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 857 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

Using Ricoeur’s theories of narrative and identity, and their ethical implications, this book offers a multi-disciplinary Asian reading of Moses’ reverse migration in Exodus 4:18-26, in light of the liminal experience of global economic migration.
The work demonstrates the productivity of Ricoeur’s threefold movement of prefiguration, configuration, and refiguration for OT studies and contemporary realities. By bringing together the world of an ancient text, a nuanced reading of the text’s narrative movement and its history of interpretation, and the bittersweet realities of Filipino overseas workers, this creative study charts the way for an OT hermeneutic that opens up possibilities for the formation of a reader’s narrative and ethical identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gorospe, Arthena E

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Bibelwissenschaften: Sachbuch, Erbauung, Didaktik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. Narrative and Ethics in Paul Ricoeur
3. Prefiguration: Setting the Stage
4. Configuration: Mediating the Narrative World
5. Refiguration: Transforming the Reader
6. Conclusion
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Athena Evelyn Gorospe, Ph.D. (2006) in Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, is Associate Professor in Old Testament at Asian Theological Seminary, Manila, Philippines. As an Asian scholar-activist, her research interests lie in the area of Scripture's interface with philosophy, culture, and social transformation.