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1 online resource (209 pages) |
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The Library of New Testament Studies |
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Library of New Testament studies.
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| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Mark -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Bible. Mark fast |
| Subject |
Postcolonialism.
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postcolonialism.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Jesus, the Gospels & Acts.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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Postcolonialism
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Religion.
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Philosophy & Religion.
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Christianity.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780567262547 |
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0567262545 |
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0567031322 |
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9780567031327 |
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