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Rescuing the Bible
Roland Boer
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Description for Rescuing the Bible
Hardback. What is the future for the Bible, one of the most important books in the world? In this manifesto, Roland Boer explores the idea that the Bible is an unruly and uncontrollable text that has been colonized by church, synagogue, and state. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC2; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
What is the future for the Bible, one of the most important books in the world? In this manifesto, Roland Boer explores the idea that the Bible is an unruly and uncontrollable text that has been colonized by church, synagogue, and state.
What is the future for the Bible, one of the most important books in the world? In this manifesto, Roland Boer explores the idea that the Bible is an unruly and uncontrollable text that has been colonized by church, synagogue, and state.
- Powerfully argues that the Bible needs to be rescued from its abuse by the religious and political right
- Considers the history of revolutionary readings of the Bible, from Gerrard Winstanley to the present
- Urges a role for the Bible in a new "worldly left": an alliance between the religious and secular left ... Read more
- Concludes by offering a "political myth" from the Bible that condemns oppression, imagines a better society and celebrates the biblical themes of opposition and chaos.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Manifestos
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405170215
SKU
V9781405170215
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Roland Boer
Roland Boer is Reader in the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University in Australia. He has written seven books on biblical, political and philosophical subjects.
Reviews for Rescuing the Bible
"This is a welcome addition to Blackwell's new Manifestos series." (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, June 2009) "Rescuing the Bible is deeply thoughtful and provocative, and it deserves to be widely read and discussed by both scholars and layfolk, believers and nonbelievers, on the left and the right.” (Biblical Interpretation, April ... Read more