The laws of the imperialized : understanding Exodus 19-24 as a response to imperial legal traditions / by Chung Man Anna Lo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lo, Chung Man Anna, author.

Series:

Studies in Old Testament

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Exodus, XIX-XXIV--Postcolonial criticism.

Bible.

Assyro-Babylonian literature--Relation to the Old Testament.

Assyro-Babylonian literature.

Postcolonial theology.

Jewish law.

Law (Theology).

Christianity and law.

Physical Description:

xiii, 289 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Carlisle, Cumbria : Langham Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"Being the first legal corpus in the biblical canon, Exodus 19–24 is a law collection that belonged to a people living under the shadow of empire. Using an integrated approach of postcolonial studies and historical-comparative analysis, this important study analyzes the relationship between the laws given to the Israelites on Mount Sinai and cuneiform law collections. Dr. Anna Lo skillfully integrates postcolonial understandings of the colonized people to explore how the similarities and differences reflect the imperialized authors' wrestling with the imperial legal metanarrative and subjugation of their time. This investigation into the dynamic of acceptance, ambivalence, and resistance invites attention to this selection of Scripture as a work of conservative revolutionists. Dr. Lo's thorough work provides an important way forward for scholars to consider responses of the imperialized to empires in the past as well as to reflect on their own response to hegemonic domination today." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-289).

Other Format:

Electronic version: Lo, Chung Man Anna. LAWS OF THE IMPERIALIZED;UNDERSTANDING EXODUS 1924 AS A RESPONSE TO IMPERIAL LEGAL TRADITIONS.

ISBN:

9781839738807

1839738804

OCLC:

1435617268

Publisher Number:

90100319433