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Last Stop Before Antarctica: The Bible and Postcolonialism in Australia (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies)

By Roland Boer

Book information

Publisher
Society of Biblical Literature
Year
2008
ISBN
1589833481, 9781589833487
LCC
BS538.7 .B64 2008
Open Library ID
OL23156005M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2121733 bytes)
Edition
second
Pages
216\218
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

While biblical scholars increasingly use insights from postcolonial theory to interpret the Bible, the Bible itself is often neglected by postcolonial criticism, with the result that there is little influence in the other direction: from the Bible to postcolonial criticism. This second edition of Last Stop before Antarctica begins to repair the imbalance by pointing to the vital role that the Bible played in colonization, using Australia one of the first centers of postcolonial criticism as a specific example. Drawing upon colonial literature, including explorer journals, poetry, novels, and translations, it creates a mutually enlightening dialogue between postcolonial literature and biblical texts on themes such as exodus and exile, translation, identity, and home.

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