Belonging in Genesis : Biblical Israel and the Politics of Identity Formation /

Genesis calls its readers into a vision of human community unconstrained by the categories that dominate modern thinking about identity. Genesis situates humanity within a network of nurture that encompasses the entire cosmos--only then introducing Israel not as a people, but as a promise. Genesis p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mbuvi, Amanda Beckenstein, 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Waco : Baylor University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bible. > Genesis.
Bible. > Genesis > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Identification (Religion) > Biblical teaching.
Families > Biblical teaching.
RELIGION > Biblical Studies > Old Testament.
Familles > Enseignement biblique.
Identification (Religion) > Enseignement biblique.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Playing by different rules: reading Genesis through its deferrals
  • (Un)conventional Genesis: two ways of reading identity and the divine word
  • Family storytelling: the relationship between Genesis and its readers
  • The theology of genealogy: a boundary breaking foundation for identity
  • The social ladder and the family tree: competing approaches to structuring identity
  • Fruitfulness: the emergence of a new identity beyond insider/outsider dichotomies.

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