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The book of hiding : gender, ethnicity, annihilation, and Esther / Timothy K. Beal.
Van Pelt Library BS1375.2 .B42 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beal, Timothy K. (Timothy Kandler), 1963-
- Series:
- Biblical limits
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Esther--Social scientific criticism.
- Bible.
- Bible. Esther.
- Group identity--Biblical teaching.
- Group identity.
- Social scientific criticism of sacred works.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 152 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.
- Summary:
- """The Book of Hiding" offers a fluent analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender, ethnicity and social ambiguity. Timothy K. Beal focuses particularly on the traditionally marginalized book of Esther, to examine closely the categories of self and other in relation to religion, sexism, nationalism, and the legacies and future possibilities of annihilation. The author applies the critical tools of contemporary theorists, such as Cixous, Irigaray and Lacan, challenging widely held assumptions about the moral and life-affirming message of Scripture and even about the presence of God in the book of Esther.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415167795
- 0415167809
- OCLC:
- 36315878
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