Of Dead Kings and Dirges - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Of Dead Kings and Dirges write by R. Mark Shipp. This book was released on 2002. Of Dead Kings and Dirges available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Politics of Dead Kings
The Politics of Dead Kings - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Politics of Dead Kings write by Matthew J. Suriano. This book was released on 2010. The Politics of Dead Kings available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Revised thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Los Angeles.
The Sons of God in Genesis 6:1–4
The Sons of God in Genesis 6:1–4 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Sons of God in Genesis 6:1–4 write by J.J.T. Doedens. This book was released on 2019-03-19. The Sons of God in Genesis 6:1–4 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In The Sons of God in Genesis 6:1–4, Jaap Doedens offers an overview of the history of exegesis of the enigmatic text about the ‘sons of God’, the ‘daughters of men’, and the ‘giants’. First, he analyzes the text of Gen 6:1–4. Subsequently, he tracks the different exegetical proposals from the earliest exegesis until those of modern times. He further provides the reader with an evaluation of the meaning of the expression ‘sons of God’ in the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. In the last chapter, he concentrates on the message and function of Gen 6:1–4. This volume comprehensively gathers ancient and modern exegetical attempts, providing the means for an ongoing dialogue about this essentially complex and elusive passage.
Scripture and Resistance
Scripture and Resistance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Scripture and Resistance write by Jione Havea. This book was released on 2019-04-29. Scripture and Resistance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Resistance against unjust (wicked) cultures and imperial powers is at the heart of scripture. In many cases, the resistance is waged against external systems or the misappropriation of scriptural texts and traditions. In some cases, however, scripture resists oppressive cultures and powers that it also requires, certifies and protects. At other times, and in different settings, the minders of scripture speak against the abusive cultures and power systems that they inherited and whose benefits they milk. Scripture and Resistance contains reflections by authors from East, West, South, and North — on resistance and the Christian scriptures regarding a rainbow of concerns: the colonial legacies of the Bible; the people (especially native and indigenous people) who were subjugated and minoritized for the sake of the Bible; the courage for resistance among ordinary and normal people, and the opportunities that arise from their realities and struggles; the imperializing tendencies that lurk behind so-called traditional biblical scholarship; the strategies of and energies in post- and de-colonial criticisms; the Bible as a profitable product, and a site of struggle; and the multiple views or perspectives in the Bible about empire and resistance. In other words, the contributors, as a collective, affirm that the Bible contains (pun intended) resistance.
Beyond Orality
Beyond Orality - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Orality write by Jacqueline Vayntrub. This book was released on 2019-03-04. Beyond Orality available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Central to understanding the prophecy and prayer of the Hebrew Bible are the unspoken assumptions that shaped them—their genres. Modern scholars describe these works as “poetry,” but there was no corresponding ancient Hebrew term or concept. Scholars also typically assume it began as “oral literature,” a concept based more in evolutionist assumptions than evidence. Is biblical poetry a purely modern fiction, or is there a more fundamental reason why its definition escapes us? Beyond Orality: Biblical Poetry on its Own Terms changes the debate by showing how biblical poetry has worked as a mirror, reflecting each era’s own self-image of verbal art. Yet Vayntrub also shows that this problem is rooted in a crucial pattern within the Bible itself: the texts we recognize as “poetry” are framed as powerful and ancient verbal performances, dramatic speeches from the past. The Bible’s creators presented what we call poetry in terms of their own image of the ancient and the oral, and understanding their native theories of Hebrew verbal art gives us a new basis to rethink our own.
