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Discourses of empire : the gospel of Mark from a postcolonial perspective /
This inventive work explores Mark's Gospel within the contexts of the empires of Rome and Europe. In a unique dual analysis, the book highlights how empire is not only part of the past but also of a present colonial heritage. The book first outlines postcolonial criticism and discusses the chal...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Atlanta :
Society of Biblical Literature,
[2013]
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| Colección: | Semeia studies ;
no. 71. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. Postcolonial theory and the Bible. Postcolonial theory
- Postcolonial criticism in biblical studies
- Part 2. Mark in European colonialism. Modern biblical studies and empire
- The Semitic and the Greek (1:1)
- Between man and brute (5:1-20)
- Submissive heathen and superior Greek (7:24-30)
- The embarrassing Parousia (8:31-9:1)
- "Only absolutely spiritual" (11:1-11)
- An Irish cat among the pigeons (12:13-17)
- The centurion between East and West (15:39)
- Conclusion: Mark and European colonialism
- Part 3. Mark in the Roman Empire. Mark begins to circulate
- An oppositional beginning (1:1)
- Imperial satire (5:1-20)
- Entering a narrative crisis (7:24-30)
- The Parousia as pharmakon (8:31-9:1)
- With Bhabha at the Jerusalem city gates (11:1-22)
- The emperor breaks the surface (12:13-17)
- The secrecy complex as a third space (15:39)
- How Mark destabilizes empire
- Part 4. Uninheriting a colonial heritage. Different Marks in different empires.