Prophetic Otherness
Constructions of Otherness in Prophetic Literature
Published on 29. December 2022
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Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-567-70061-2 (ISBN)
Description
This collection argues that the final form of prophetic texts attempts a picture of stability; of a new world that emerges in the aftermath of the turbulent experiences of Israel/Judah's history, sustained by a coherent community and identity. The essays within both describe and analyse the various categories of otherness in prophetic literature which threaten such an identity, displaying the complex and contradictory nature of such depictions -- particularly given the reality that these texts emerge from communities considered other.
The contributors provides an interdisciplinary exploration of otherness that draws upon multiple insights into the conception and expression of the other, beyond obvious examples traditionally examined in Biblical Studies. Touching upon the rhetoric associated with identity markers such as space, race/ethnicity, gender and religious activity, Prophetic Otherness allows for further consideration of the ethics of the prophetic corpus, and its understanding of fairness and justice in relation to broad communities.
The contributors provides an interdisciplinary exploration of otherness that draws upon multiple insights into the conception and expression of the other, beyond obvious examples traditionally examined in Biblical Studies. Touching upon the rhetoric associated with identity markers such as space, race/ethnicity, gender and religious activity, Prophetic Otherness allows for further consideration of the ethics of the prophetic corpus, and its understanding of fairness and justice in relation to broad communities.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-567-70061-2 (9780567700612)
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Persons
Steed Vernyl Davidson is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at McCormick Theological Seminary, USA.
Daniel Timmer is Professor of Biblical Studies for the PhD program at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, USA.
Daniel Timmer is Professor of Biblical Studies for the PhD program at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, USA.
Content
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction, Daniel C. Timmer, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, USA and Steed Vernyl Davidson, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, USA
1. Thinking with Otherness to Read Prophetic Texts, Steed Vernyl Davidson, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, USA
2. Edom, the Proximate Other: Persisting Category and Permeable Boundary: A Study of Isaiah 63:1-6 - Dominic Sundararaj Irudayaraj, Hekima University College, Kenya
3. Where is Clytemnestra When You Need Her?: The Womb, The Masculine Economy, and the Problematics of Otherness - Rhiannon Graybill, Rhodes College, USA
4. Prophecy and Alterity in Isaiah's Oracles Against the Nations - Francis Landy, University of Alberta, Canada
5. A Dragon, a Reed Staff, and a Towering Cedar in Eden: Egypt in Ezekiel 29-32 - Brittany Kim, Bethel University, USA
6. Unstable Constructions of Otherness: Competing Voices and Ambivalent Portrayals of Power in Ezekiel's Disputation Speeches - Diandra Chretain, Graduate Theological Union, USA
7. The Construction and Deconstruction of Ethnic/National Othering in the Book of the Twelve - Daniel Timmer, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, USA
8. Geographies of Otherness: Otherness in Territorial Organization in the Oracles Against the Nations - Steed Vernyl Davidson, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, USA
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction, Daniel C. Timmer, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, USA and Steed Vernyl Davidson, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, USA
1. Thinking with Otherness to Read Prophetic Texts, Steed Vernyl Davidson, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, USA
2. Edom, the Proximate Other: Persisting Category and Permeable Boundary: A Study of Isaiah 63:1-6 - Dominic Sundararaj Irudayaraj, Hekima University College, Kenya
3. Where is Clytemnestra When You Need Her?: The Womb, The Masculine Economy, and the Problematics of Otherness - Rhiannon Graybill, Rhodes College, USA
4. Prophecy and Alterity in Isaiah's Oracles Against the Nations - Francis Landy, University of Alberta, Canada
5. A Dragon, a Reed Staff, and a Towering Cedar in Eden: Egypt in Ezekiel 29-32 - Brittany Kim, Bethel University, USA
6. Unstable Constructions of Otherness: Competing Voices and Ambivalent Portrayals of Power in Ezekiel's Disputation Speeches - Diandra Chretain, Graduate Theological Union, USA
7. The Construction and Deconstruction of Ethnic/National Othering in the Book of the Twelve - Daniel Timmer, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, USA
8. Geographies of Otherness: Otherness in Territorial Organization in the Oracles Against the Nations - Steed Vernyl Davidson, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, USA
Bibliography
Index