Prophetic otherness : constructions of otherness in prophetic literature / edited by Steed Vernyl Davidson and Daniel C. Timmer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davidson, Steed V., editor.

Timmer, Daniel C., editor.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 687.

T & T Clark library of biblical studies

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; 687

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Prophets--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Prophets.

Other (Philosophy) in the Bible.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : T&T Clark, 2021.

Summary:

"This collection argues that the final form of prophetic texts attempts a picture of stability ; of a new world that emerges in the aftermath of the turbulent experiences of Israel/Judah's history, sustained by a coherent community and identity. The essays within both describe and analyse the various categories of otherness in prophetic literature which threaten such an identity, displaying the complex and contradictory nature of such depictions -- particularly given the reality that these texts emerge from communities considered other. The contributors provides an interdisciplinary exploration of otherness that draws upon multiple insights into the conception and expression of the other, beyond obvious examples traditionally examined in Biblical Studies. Touching upon the rhetoric associated with identity markers such as space, race/ethnicity, gender and religious activity, Prophetic Otherness allows for further consideration of the ethics of the prophetic corpus, and its understanding of fairness and justice in relation to broad communities"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Thinking with otherness to read prophetic texts / Steed Vernyl Davidson

Edom, the proximate "other": a social identity reading of Isaiah 63:1-6 / Dominic S. Irudayaraj

Where is Clytemnestra when you need her?: gender, alterity, and the masculine economy of prophecy in Isaiah 56-66 / Rhiannon Graybill

Languge and silence in Isaiah's oracles against the nations / Francis Landy

A dragon, a reed staff, and a towering cedar in Eden: Egypt in Ezekiel 29-32 / Brittany Kim

Unstable constructions of identity: otherness and ambivalent subjectivities in Ezekiel 23 / Diandra Chretain Erickson

The construction and deconstruction of ethnic/national othering in the Book of the Twelve / Daniel C. Timmer

Geographies of otherness: otherness in territorial organization in the oracles against the nations / Steed Vernyl Davidson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-226) and indexes.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780567687821

0567687821

OCLC:

1255839758