
The Laws of the Imperialized
Understanding Exodus 19-24 as a Response to Imperial Legal Traditions
Chung Man Anna Lo(Author)
Langham Academic (Publisher)
Published on 30. April 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
306 pages
978-1-83973-880-7 (ISBN)
Description
Being the first legal corpus in the biblical canon, Exodus 19-24 is a law collection that belonged to a people living under the shadow of empire. Using an integrated approach of postcolonial studies and historical-comparative analysis, this important study analyzes the relationship between the laws given to the Israelites on Mount Sinai and cuneiform law collections. Dr. Anna Lo skillfully integrates postcolonial understandings of the colonized people to explore how the similarities and differences reflect the imperialized authors' wrestling with the imperial legal metanarrative and subjugation of their time. This investigation into the dynamic of acceptance, ambivalence, and resistance invites attention to this selection of Scripture as a work of conservative revolutionists. Dr. Lo's thorough work provides an important way forward for scholars to consider responses of the imperialized to empires in the past as well as to reflect on their own response to hegemonic domination today.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Langham Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83973-880-7 (9781839738807)
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Understanding Exodus 19-24 as a Response to Imperial Legal Traditions
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CHUNG MAN ANNA LO has a PhD in Old Testament Studies with an emphasis in Ancient Near Eastern Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary, USA. Her interest is in the interpretation of the Old Testament under its ancient context as well as the application of the biblical text in the church today. She has served the Cambodian Christian community since 2003. She was a faculty member of Phnom Penh Bible School (PPBS) in 2005-2011, teaching biblical, spiritual formational, and ministerial courses. She is now a visiting instructor at PPBS.