Last stop before Antarctica : the Bible and postcolonialism in Australia / by Roland Boer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boer, Roland, 1961-

Series:

Semeia studies ; no. 64.

Society of Biblical Literature Semeia studies ; no. 64

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Influence.

Bible.

Bible--Use.

Bible--Postcolonial criticism.

Postcolonialism--Australia.

Postcolonialism.

Australia--Religion.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, GA : Society of Biblical Literature, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While biblical scholars increasingly use insights from postcolonial theory to interpret the Bible, the Bible itself is often neglected by postcolonial criticism, with the result that there is little influence in the other direction: from the Bible to postcolonial criticism. This second edition of Last Stop before Antarctica begins to repair the imbalance by pointing to the vital role that the Bible played in colonization, using Australiaone of the first centers of postcolonial criticismas a specific example. Drawing upon colonial literature, including explorer journals, poetry, novels, and translations, it creates a mutually enlightening dialogue between postcolonial literature and biblical texts on themes such as exodus and exile, translation, identity, and home.

Contents:

Gatecrashing Thanksgiving: Australian biblical studies in the global calculus

Marx, postcolonialism, and the Bible

The decree of the watchers, or, other globalizations

Explorer hermeneutics, or fat damper and sweetened tea

Home is always elsewhere: exodus, exile, and the howling wilderness waste

Green ants and Gibeonites: B. Wongar, Joshua 9 and some problems of postcolonialism

Dreaming the logos: on Bible translation and language.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-58983-363-5

1-4356-4843-9

OCLC:

471127762