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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461418303321

Autore

Samuel Simon

Titolo

A postcolonial reading of Mark's story of Jesus [[electronic resource] /] / Simon Samuel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : T&T Clark, c2007

ISBN

1-283-27098-6

9786613270986

0-567-26254-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Library of New Testament studies ; ; 340

Disciplina

226.306

Soggetti

Postcolonialism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial Board; Title; CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 POSTCOLONIALISM AS A CRITICAL PRACTICE IN BIBLICAL STUDIES; Chapter 2 VIEWING THE DISCURSIVE WORLD OF MARK; Chapter 3 THE CURRENT MODELS OF POSTCOLONIAL READINGS OF MARK; Chapter 4 THE BEGINNING OF MARK: A MIMETIC DESIGN; Chapter 5 THE PORTRAIT OF JESUS IN MARK: A COLONIAL/POSTCOLONIAL CONUNDRUM; Chapter 6 CONCLUSION; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This unique contribution to Markan studies reads Mark's story of Jesus from a postcolonial perspective. It proposes that Mark need not necessarily be treated in an oversimplified polarity as an anti- or pro-colonial discourse. Instead it may be treated as a postcolonial discourse, i.e. as a hybrid discourse that accommodates and disrupts both the native Jewish and the Roman colonial discourses of power. It shows that Mark accommodates itself into a strategic third space in between the variegated native Jewish and the Roman colonial discourses in order to enunciate its own voice. As an ambivale