The Postmodern Bible Reader
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (984 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0631219625 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Greimas and the Nature of Meaning.. He is author of The Sense of Biblical Narrative and I Samuel.Tina Pippin is Associate Professor of Religion at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia. She is the author of Apocalyptic Bodies: The Biblical End of the World in Text and Image.Ronald Schleifer teaches at the University of Oklahoma and is co-editor of 'The Oklahoma Project for Discourse and Theory'. He is author of A. He is author of The Sens
A range of powerful contemporary engagements with the Bible by literary critics, philosophers, writers and activists is brought together for the first time in this Reader.
A superb Introduction challenges the reader through the work of seven key writers from Lyotard to Zizek, expanding the terms of the debate culturally and intellectually, reminding us that 'the postmodern' is not static, but dynamic and shifting. It brings postmodernism alive again, and therefore also the Bible. Drawn from the work of critics, both well-known and less familiar, it offers a contextualisation of the Bible in the contemporary in essays which read against, through and with biblical texts themselves. Its tone is often polemical, rhetorical and always stimulating. The book deserves a wide readership, especially, one hopes, among biblical scholars and their students.'
Rhonda Kyncl said A New Look at the Bible. This book gave me a fresh and enlightening perspective on the Biblical text. Ronald Schleifer is one of my instructors at the University of Oklahoma, and he has impressed me with his unique insight into literary texts and their connections to culture. In "The Postmodern Bible Reader", he and his colleagues have chosen ess