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The Bible and posthumanism /

What does it mean to be human? Pointing beyond human-centric ideologies, the essays in this collection explore biblical texts from Genesis to Revelation in conversation with the critical theories of posthumanism.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Koosed, Jennifer L. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2014]
Colección:Semeia studies ; no. 74.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Part 1: Beginnings
  • Humanity at Its Limits
  • Beastly Questions and Biblical Blame
  • Hauntology Meets Posthumanism: Some Payoffs for Biblical Studies
  • Part 2: Lions
  • The Lion King: Yahweh as Sovereign Beast in Israelâ€?s Imaginary
  • Wittgensteinâ€?s Lion and Balaamâ€?s Ass: Talking with Others in Numbers 22â€?25
  • Part 3: Bodies in Crisis
  • Sick with Love: The Musical Symptoms of a Shtetl-Bound Shulammite in Waszinskiâ€?s Dybbuk
  • Voluptuous, Tortured, and Unmanned: Ezekiel with Daniel Paul Schreber
  • The Prosthetic Friend, or Posthumanity in Lars and the Real GirlPart 4: Fathers
  • Tripartite Anthropologies and the Limits of the Human in Valentinian Christian Creation Myths
  • Gregory of Nyssa and Jacques Derrida on the Human-Animal Distinction in the Song of Songs
  • Part 5: Sacrifice
  • What Would Jesus Eat? Ethical Vegetarianism in Nascent Christianity
  • Cutting up Life: Sacrifice as a Device for Clarifyingâ€?and Tormentingâ€?Fundamental Distinctions between Human, Animal, and Divine
  • Part 6: Endings
  • Ruminations on Revelationâ€?s Ruminant, Quadrupedal Christ or, the Even-Toed Ungulate That Therefore I Am
  • Conclusion
  • Contributors
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Authors