Book description
This is the first
large-scale critical introduction for biblical criticism of a significant
area of contemporary cultural and literary theory, namely Marxist literary
criticism. The book comprises studies of major figures in the tradition,
specifically Althusser, Gramsci, Eagleton, Adorno, Benjamin, Bloch, Lefebvre,
Lukács and Jameson. At the same time, through careful choice of critics,
the book will function as a general introduction to Marxist literary
theory as a whole in relation to biblical studies. Throughout the aim
is to show how this material is relevant to biblical criticism, in terms
of both particular approaches to the Bible and the use of those approaches
for interpreting selected texts from Genesis, Exodus, Ruth, 1 Samuel,
1-2 Kings, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Psalms and Daniel. Biblical Seminar Series,
Volume 87. [T&T Clark International]
About the author
Roland Boer is Logan
Research Fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology at
Monash University. He is also the author of Last Stop
Before Antarctica: The Bible and Postcolonialism in Australia (2001), Knockin'
on Heaven's Door: The Bible and Popular Culture (1999), Novel
Histories: The Fiction of Biblical Criticism (1997) and Jameson
and Jeroboam (1996).
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