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Israel's Poetry of Resistance : Africana Perspectives on Early Hebrew Verse /
Noting that Israel's earliest responses to earth-shaking changes were cast in the powerfully expressive language of poetry, Hugh R. Page Jr. argues that the careful collection and preservation of these traditions was an act of resistance, a communal no to the forces of despair and a yes to the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2013
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I: The Bible and Africana reality. Wilson Park, Homewood, and early Hebrew verse : an Africanan perspective on the Albright tradition
- Diasporas and adaptive strategies in early Hebrew verse and the Africana world
- Part II: Early Hebrew poems : a compendium of Africana readings. Zora Neale and the lawgiver in conversation : Exodus 15 and Moses, man of the mountain
- The Song of Deborah : Harriet, Ben, Jael, and "Jah work"
- The destructive power of the almighty : Grenada, Ivan, Soufriere Hills, and Psalm 29
- Playing "the dozens" and community formation : rethinking Genesis 49 and Deuteronomy 32-33
- "Somebody done hoodooed the hoodoo man" : Junior Wells, Balaam, and the persistence of conjure
- "Something got a hold of me" : 1 Samuel 2 and aged Black bodies
- Harmolodic blues and an esoteric mash-up : reengaging 2 Samuel 1; 22 (Psalm 18); 23; and three ancient Psalms (68, 72, and 78)
- Part III: Preaching, teaching, and living early Hebrew poems. Early Hebrew poetry : engaging it in Africana congregational settings
- Recovering poetry as way of life in the Africana world, the church, and beyond
- Conclusion: Early Hebrew poetry and spiritualities of resistance in the Black Atlantic
- Blues note : a poetic afterword.