Marxist criticism of the Hebrew Bible Roland Boer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boer, Roland, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Marxist criticism.

Socialism and religion.

Communism and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This book provides a large-scale critical introduction for biblical criticism of a significant area of literary and social theory, namely Western Marxism. The book introduces the core concepts of major figures in the tradition, specifically Althusser, Gramsci, Deleuze and Guattari, Eagleton, Lefebvre, Lukács, Adorno, Bloch, Negri, Jameson, and Jameson. Throughout the aim is to show how Marxist criticism is relevant to biblical criticism, in terms of both particular approaches to the Bible and the use of those approaches for interpreting selected texts from Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Ruth, 1 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Job, Psalms and Daniel. In this Revised Edition, Boer adds new chapters exploring the work of Deleuze and Guattari, as well as Negri. Each chapter is carefully revised with a view to use in teaching courses, while maintaining challenges and insights for postgraduate students and scholars. Theoretical material is updated and sharpened in light of subsequent research and a revised conclusion presents for understanding the economies of the ancient world in relation to biblical societies."--Bloomsbury Publishing

The only large-scale critical introduction to Western Marxism for biblical criticism. Roland Boer introduces the core concepts of major figures in the tradition, specifically Althusser, Gramsci, Deleuze and Guattari, Eagleton, Lefebvre, Lukács, Adorno, Bloch, Negri, Jameson, and Jameson. Throughout, Boer shows how Marxist criticism is relevant to biblical criticism, in terms of approaches to the Bible and in the use of those approaches in the interpretation of specific texts. In this second edition, Boer has added chapters on Deleuze and Guattari, and Negri. Each chapter has been carefully revised to make the book more useful on courses, while maintaining challenges and insights for postgraduate students and scholars. Theoretical material has been updated and sharpened in light of subsequent research and a revised conclusion considers the economies of the ancient world in relation to biblical societies

Contents:

Introduction: Touchstones for Marxist Criticism

1. Louis Althusser: The Difficult Birth of Israel in Genesis

2. Antonio Gramsci: The Emergence of the 'Prince' in Exodus

3. Deleuze and Guattari: Scapegoats and Resistance

4. Terry Eagleton: The Class Struggles of Ruth

5. Henri Lefebvre (and David Harvey): The Production of Space in 1 Samuel

6. Georg Lukács: The Contradictory World of Kings

7. Theodor Adorno: The Logic of Divine Justice in Isaiah

8. Ernst Bloch: Anti-Yahwism in Ezekiel

9. Antonio Negri: Job: Bending Transcendence to Immanence

10. Fredric Jameson: The Contradictions of Form in the Psalms

11. Walter Benjamin: The Impossible Apocalyptic of Daniel

Conclusion: Marxism and the Sacred Economy

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9780567497857

0567497852

9780567228413

056722841X

9780567659217

0567659216

9780567128706

0567128709

OCLC:

1057395614