Reimagining Hagar: blackness and Bible
This book offers a reception history that examines interpretations of Hagar with a focus on interpretations of Hagar as a Black woman.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press USA- OSO
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Junior, Nyasha, Reimagining Hagar : Blackness and Bible] (2021) (Jost, Renate, 1955 -)
[Rezension von: Junior, Nyasha, Reimagining Hagar : Blackness and Bible] (2022) (Plais, Mathilde) [Rezension von: Junior, Nyasha, Reimagining Hagar : Blackness and Bible] (2021) (Masenya, Madipoane, 1958 -) |
| Series/Journal: | Biblical Refigurations Ser.
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hagar, Biblical person
/ Blacks
/ Bible
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Hagar-(Biblical figure)
B Electronic books |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | This book offers a reception history that examines interpretations of Hagar with a focus on interpretations of Hagar as a Black woman. Cover -- REIMAGINING HAGAR: Blackness and Bible -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Race, ethnicity, and color -- Blackness and biblical characters -- African American vernacular tradition -- Overview -- Notes -- 1: Mother Hagar -- The Hebrew Bible -- GENESIS 16:1-6 -- GENESIS 16:7-16 -- GENESIS 17:1-21:7 -- GENESIS 21:8-21 -- OTHER HEBREW BIBLE TEXTS -- The New Testament -- GALATIANS 4:21-31 -- Additional scriptural texts -- Hagar in ancient commentaries -- Hagar in early allegorical readings -- Hagar in Islamic traditions -- Hagar and Blackness in early traditions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2: Egyptian Hagar -- Debates over enslavement in the USA -- Hagar: pro-slavery -- Hagar: anti-slavery -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3: Aunt Hagar -- What's in a name? -- Representations of Hagar -- Music involving Hagar -- Hagar in literature -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4: Black Hagar -- Twentieth-century biblical commentary -- Hagar as African and Egyptian -- Reading Hagar with contemporary parallels -- Stony the Road We Trod -- Contemporary parallels continued -- Sisters in the Wilderness -- Hagar parallels after Williams -- Concerns with Hagar parallels -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Epilogue -- Note -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0191062502 |