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Belonging in Genesis : biblical Israel and the politics of identity formation / Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi.
Van Pelt Library BS1235.52 .M37 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mbuvi, Amanda Beckenstein, 1976- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Genesis.
- Identification (Religion)--Biblical teaching.
- Identification (Religion).
- Families--Biblical teaching.
- Families.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 167 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- 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 prioritizes a human identity that originates in the divine word and depends on ongoing relationship with God. In contrast to the rigidity that typifies modern notions, Genesis depicts identity as fundamentally fluid. In Belonging in Genesis, Amanda Mbuvi highlights the ways that narrative and the act of storytelling function to define and create a community. Building on the emphasis on family in Genesis, she focuses on the way family storytelling is a means of holding together the interpretation of the text and the constitution of the reading community. Explicitly engaging the way in which readers regard the biblical text as a point of reference for their own (collective) identities leads to an understanding of Genesis as inviting its readers into a radically transformative vision of their place in the world. Book jacket.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781602587472
- 1602587477
- OCLC:
- 918562865
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