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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453178403321

Autore

Gorospe Athena E

Titolo

Narrative and identity [[electronic resource] ] : an ethical reading of Exodus 4 / / by Athena E. Gorospe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, c2007

ISBN

1-281-92144-0

9786611921446

90-474-2056-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (396 p.)

Collana

Biblical interpretation series, , 0928-0731 ; ; v. 86

Disciplina

222/.1206

Soggetti

Circumcision - Biblical teaching

Ethics in the Bible

Narration in the Bible

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Fuller Theological Seminary.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-343) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary material / A. Gorospe -- Chapter One. Introduction / A. Gorospe -- Chapter Two. Narrative and ethics in Paul Ricoeur / A. Gorospe -- Chapter Three. Prefiguration: Setting the stage / A. Gorospe -- Chapter Four. Configuration: Mediating the narrative world / A. Gorospe -- Chapter Five. Refiguration: Transforming the reader / A. Gorospe -- Chapter Six. Conclusions and projections / A. Gorospe -- Bibliography / A. Gorospe -- Index of names / A. Gorospe -- Subject index / A. Gorospe -- Scripture index / A. Gorospe.

Sommario/riassunto

Using Ricoeur’s theories of narrative and identity, and their ethical implications, this book offers a multi-disciplinary Asian reading of Moses’ reverse migration in Exodus 4:18-26, in light of the liminal experience of global economic migration. The work demonstrates the productivity of Ricoeur’s threefold movement of prefiguration, configuration, and refiguration for OT studies and contemporary realities. By bringing together the world of an ancient text, a nuanced reading of the text’s narrative movement and its history of interpretation, and the bittersweet realities of Filipino overseas workers, this creative study charts the way for an OT hermeneutic that



opens up possibilities for the formation of a reader’s narrative and ethical identity.