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Genesis: Procreation and the Politics of Identity (Old Testament Readings)

By Mark G. Brett

Book information

Year
2000
ISBN
0415141508, 9780415141505, 0415141494, 9780415141499, 9780203992029
LCC
BS1355.3 .G73 1998
Open Library ID
OL349942M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
709 kB (725878 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
192\185
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Combining insights from social and literary theory as well as traditional historical studies, Mark Brett argues that the first book of the Bible can be read as resistance literature.Placing the theological text firmly within its socio-political context, he shows that the editors of Genesis were directly engaged with contemporary issues, especially the nature of an authentic community, and that the book was designed to undermine the ethnocentism of the imperial governors of the Persian period (fifth century BCE).

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