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

• Autore: Samuel Simon
• Pubblicazione: London, : T&T Clark, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 226.306
• Soggetto topico: Postcolonialism
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: A postcolonial reading of Mark's story of Jesus
• ISBN: 1-283-27098-6; 9786613270986; 0-567-26254-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812134903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Library of New Testament studies ; ; 340.