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Discourses of empire : the gospel of Mark from a postcolonial perspective / Hans Leander.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leander, Hans.
- Series:
- Semeia studies ; no. 71.
- Semeia studies ; number 71.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Mark--Postcolonial criticism.
- Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (403 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Postcolonial theory
- Postcolonial criticism in biblical studies
- Modern biblical studies and empire
- The Semitic and the Greek (1:1)
- Between man and brute (5:1-20)
- Submissive heathen and superior Greek (7:24-30)
- The embarrassing parousia (8:31-9:1)
- "Only absolutely spiritual" (11:1-11)
- An Irish cat among the pigeons (12:13-17)
- The centurion between East and West (15:39)
- Conclusion: Mark and European colonialism
- Mark begins to circulate
- An oppositional beginning (1:1)
- Imperial satire (5:1-20)
- Entering a narrative crisis (7:24-30)
- The parousia as pharmakon (8:31-9:1)
- With Bhabha at the Jerusalem city gates (11:1-22)
- The emperor breaks the surface (12:13-17)
- The secrecy complex as a third space (15:39)
- How Mark destabilizes empire
- Different Marks in different empires.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographies (pages 323-370) and indexes.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-58983-889-0
- 1-58983-890-4
- OCLC:
- 868915878
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