Looking through a glass Bible : postdisciplinary Biblical interpretations from the Glasgow School / edited by A.K.M. Adam and Samuel Tongue.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adam, A. K. M. (Andrew Keith Malcolm), 1957- editor.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; V.125.

Biblical interpretation series ; volume 125

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Postmodernism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

xvii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

Summary:

Some biblical interpreters' imaginations extend only as far as outlandish source theories or esoteric hypothetical audiences. The interpretive energies let loose in Glasgow over the past decade or so, however, have produced a cadre of interpreters who defy the disciplinary mandates of biblical criticisms in favour of reading the Bible with imaginations both careful and carefree. Infused with literary, political, art-critical, cinematic, liturgical and other interests, these essays display interpretive verve freed from the anxiety of disciplines - with closely observed insights, critical engagement with biblical texts, and vivid inspiration from the cultural world within which they are set. Here there is no "gap" between world and text, but the intimate congeniality of close, dear, comfortable interpretive friends. Book jacket.

Contents:

Abstraction on a Lament: Psalm 13 as Poured Paint / Benjamin Morse Morse, Benjamin 1

The Buik o Jonah MacAmity: A Contribution to a Bible That May Not Be One / Hugh Pyper Pyper, Hugh 25

The Book of Daniel: From Biblical Archive to Posthuman Prophecy? / Hannah M. Strømmen Strømmen, Hannah M. 45

Exodus and Liturgy: A Proposal to Read Exodus as a Lection for the Sacred Year in Post-Exilic Judea / Alastair Hunter Hunter, Alastair 65

Cracking the Canon: John Toland, 'Lost' Gospels, and the Challenge to Religious Hegemony / Jonathan C. P. Birch Birch, Jonathan C. P. 85

Sisterhood in the Wilderness: Biblical Paradigms and Feminist Identity Politics in Readings of Hagar and Sarah / Anna Fisk Fisk, Anna 113

Athaliah of Judah (2 Kings 11): A Political Anomaly or an Ideological Victim? / Wabayanga Robert Kuloba Kuloba, Wabayanga Robert 139

The Babel Complex: Taking a Turn Around the Tower and the City / Samuel Tongue Tongue, Samuel 153

"The Strong Right Arm That Holds For Peace": Picturing National Idolatry / A. K. M. Adam Adam, A. K. M. 175

Making and Unmaking the World in the Book of Job: Reading Job With Help from Elaine Scarry, Kurt Vonnegut, and Don LaFontaine / Abigail Pelham Pelham, Abigail 193

Sharmanka: Art, Religion, and Identity in the Work of Eduard Bersudsky and Tatiana Jakovskaya: The Religart Group 211

By the Light of a Cloudy Glass: Biblical Interpretation and Disciplinary Security / A. K. M. Adam Adam, A. K. M., Samuel Tongue Tongue, Samuel 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004259072

9004259074

OCLC:

883660995