Empire and Exile
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Empire and Exile

Postcolonial Readings of the Book of Jeremiah

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Empire and Exile

Postcolonial Readings of the Book of Jeremiah

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
T&T Clark
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780567655264
eBook ISBN
9780567470713
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Criticism & Interpretation

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. Preface
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Chapter 1. (DIS)LOCATING LOCATION
  5. 1. Understanding Place; Contesting Space
  6. 2. Locations for Reading
  7. 3. Conclusion
  8. Chapter 2. (DIS)LOCATING INTERPRETATIONS
  9. 1. In Search of Jeremiah
  10. 2. Conclusion
  11. Chapter 3. THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH IN POSTCOLONIAL PERSPECTIVE
  12. 1. Postcolonial Theory and Biblical Studies
  13. 2. The Book of Jeremiah in Imperial Context
  14. 3. The Question of Place
  15. 4. Conclusion
  16. Chapter 4. SAVING HOME: JEREMIAH 32:1–15
  17. 1. Interrupting Hope
  18. 2. Analysis of Chapter 32
  19. 3. Reading Symbolic Action
  20. 4. Staging the Past: The Application of Ancestral Law
  21. 5. Conclusion
  22. Chapter 5. THE WORLD IN THE HOME: JEREMIAH 40:1–12
  23. 1. From Release to Survival
  24. 2. Analysis of 40:1–6
  25. 3. Reading Marginality
  26. 4. Constructing the Center
  27. 5. Marginality as Resistance
  28. 6. Conclusion
  29. Chapter 6. (A)WAY FROM HOME: JEREMIAH 29:5–7
  30. 1. Contesting Exile
  31. 2. Analysis of Chapter 29
  32. 3. Prophecy by Letter
  33. 4. Reading Diaspora
  34. 5. Conclusion
  35. Chapter 7. CONCLUSION: READING BETWEEN EXODUS AND EXILE
  36. 1. Exodus and Exile as a Continuum for Reading
  37. 2. Exegesis Summary
  38. 3. Movements in Postcolonial Readings of the Book of Jeremiah
  39. 4. On the Road with Postcolonial Biblical Interpretation
  40. Bibliography
  41. Index of References
  42. Index of Authors