Reading Bibles, writing bodies: identity and the Book

The Bible, a religious text, is also often said to be one of the foundation texts of Western culture. The present volume explores how religious, political and cultural identities, including ethnicity and gender, are embodied, often problematically, in biblical discourse. Following the authors, we re...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London [u.a.] Routledge 1997
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Biblical limits
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Summary:The Bible, a religious text, is also often said to be one of the foundation texts of Western culture. The present volume explores how religious, political and cultural identities, including ethnicity and gender, are embodied, often problematically, 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 roles, about racial prejudices and about the politics of the written word.
Physical Description:XVI, 292 S. Ill.
ISBN:0415126649
0415126657

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