Empire and Apocalypse: Postcolonialism and the New Testament. By Stephen D. Moore
Stephen Moore's book is an interesting attempt to position the Markan Gospel, the Johannine Gospel and Revelation in a context provided by postcolonial theory. As stated by the author, the connection between biblical studies and postcolonialism has only just begun to emerge; despite awareness o...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2009
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Literature and theology
Year: 2009, Volume: 23, Issue: 3, Pages: 356-357 |
| Review of: | Empire and apocalypse (Sheffield : Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2006) (Filipczak, Dorota)
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| Summary: | Stephen Moore's book is an interesting attempt to position the Markan Gospel, the Johannine Gospel and Revelation in a context provided by postcolonial theory. As stated by the author, the connection between biblical studies and postcolonialism has only just begun to emerge; despite awareness of the influence of the Roman Empire on the above texts, the study of the Bible has tended to remain insulated from these new developments in literary criticism. To adapt a statement from a chapter on Revelation, the author is ‘not naming a failing’ but ‘gesturing to a supplementary space’ (p. 98). Stephen Moore's study is a pioneer in this space that is ‘not yet a crowded one’. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frp022 |