Empire and Exile explores the impact of Babylonian aggression upon the book of Jeremiah by calling attention to the presence of the empire and showing how the book of Jeremiah can be read as resistant responses to the inevitability of imperial power and the experience of exile. With the insight of postcolonial theory, resistance is framed in these readings as finding a place in the world even though not controlling territory and therefore surviving social death. It argues that even though exile is not prevented, exile is experienced in the constituting of a unique place in the world rather than in the assimilation of the nation.
The insights of postcolonial theory direct this reading of the book of Jeremiah from the perspective of the displaced. Theorists Homi Bhabha, Partha Chatterjee, Stuart Hall, and bell hooks provide lenses to read issues peculiar to groups affected by dominant powers such as empires. The use of these theories helps highlight issues such as marginality, hybridity, national identity as formative tools in resistance to empire and survival in exile.
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Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. (DIS)LOCATING LOCATION
- 1. Understanding Place; Contesting Space
- 2. Locations for Reading
- 3. Conclusion
- Chapter 2. (DIS)LOCATING INTERPRETATIONS
- 1. In Search of Jeremiah
- 2. Conclusion
- Chapter 3. THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH IN POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVE
- 1. Postcolonial Theory and Biblical Studies
- 2. The Book of Jeremiah in Imperial Context
- 3. The Question of Place
- 4. Conclusion
- Chapter 4. SAVING HOME: JEREMIAH 32:1–15
- 1. Interrupting Hope
- 2. Analysis of Chapter 32
- 3. Reading Symbolic Action
- 4. Staging the Past: The Application of Ancestral Law
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 5. THE WORLD IN THE HOME: JEREMIAH 40:1–12
- 1. From Release to Survival
- 2. Analysis of 40:1–6
- 3. Reading Marginality
- 4. Constructing the Center
- 5. Marginality as Resistance
- 6. Conclusion
- Chapter 6. (A)WAY FROM HOME: JEREMIAH 29:5–7
- 1. Contesting Exile
- 2. Analysis of Chapter 29
- 3. Prophecy by Letter
- 4. Reading Diaspora
- 5. Conclusion
- Chapter 7. CONCLUSION: READING BETWEEN EXODUS AND EXILE
- 1. Exodus and Exile as a Continuum for Reading
- 2. Exegesis Summary
- 3. Movements in Postcolonial Readings of the Book of Jeremiah
- 4. On the Road with Postcolonial Biblical Interpretation
- Bibliography
- Index of References
- Index of Authors
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