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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821547803321

Autore

Leander Hans

Titolo

Discourses of empire : the gospel of Mark from a postcolonial perspective / / Hans Leander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta : , : Society of Biblical Literature, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-58983-889-0

1-58983-890-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (403 pages)

Collana

Semeia studies ; ; no. 71

Disciplina

226.3/06

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies (pages 323-370) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Postcolonial theory -- Postcolonial criticism in biblical studies -- Modern biblical studies and empire -- The Semitic and the Greek (1:1) -- Between man and brute (5:1-20) -- Submissive heathen and superior Greek (7:24-30) -- The embarrassing parousia (8:31-9:1) -- "Only absolutely spiritual" (11:1-11) -- An Irish cat among the pigeons (12:13-17) -- The centurion between East and West (15:39) -- Conclusion: Mark and European colonialism -- Mark begins to circulate -- An oppositional beginning (1:1) -- Imperial satire (5:1-20) -- Entering a narrative crisis (7:24-30) -- The parousia as pharmakon (8:31-9:1) -- With Bhabha at the Jerusalem city gates (11:1-22) -- The emperor breaks the surface (12:13-17) -- The secrecy complex as a third space (15:39) -- How Mark destabilizes empire -- Different Marks in different empires.