Hyphenating Moses : a postcolonial exegesis of identity in Exodus 1:1-3:15 / by Federico Alfredo Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roth, Federico Alfredo, author.

Series:

Biblical interpretation series ; v. 154.

Biblical interpretation series ; volume 154

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Exodus, I-III, 15--Postcolonial criticism.

Moses (Biblical leader).

Bible.

Postcolonial criticism of sacred works.

Physical Description:

xiii, 234 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Summary:

Postcolonial biblical criticism took shape, largely, by critiquing the book of Exodus. Because of the eventual dispossession of Canaanites in the conquest narratives, so goes the thinking, the Hebrews? God amounts to little more than a dangerous, destructive, and ethnocentric figure. 00In 'Hyphenating Moses' Federico Alfredo Roth challenges this consensus by providing an alternative reading of its early narratives (1:1-3:15). Redeploying postcolonial theory and themes, Roth presents a reading of these well-known scenes as orbiting around the topic of identity formation, climaxing in the burning bush episode. In the giving of the name, YHWH promotes the virtue of conceiving identity as a malleable reality to be sought after by all parties caught in the dehumanizing discourse of colonial subjugation. 0.

Contents:

The contours of postcolonial biblical criticism

An incomplete picture: the book of Exodus in postcolonial discourse

Identity under construction: contrasting pharaonic exclusivism with hybridic resistance (Exodus 1:1-2:10)

Identity destruction: Moses' quadruple displacement (Exodus 2:11-22)

Identity reconstruction: YHWH's avowal of liminality (Exodus 2:23-3:15)

Retrospect and prospect: reviewing findings and mapping contrapuntal contact zones in the remainder of Exodus.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-219) and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Roth, Federico Alfredo. Hyphenating Moses.

ISBN:

9789004343542

9004343547

OCLC:

974847047