Ethnicity, race, religion identities and ideologies in early Jewish and Christian texts, and in modern biblical interpretation

Religion, ethnicity and race are facets of identity that have become increasingly contested. The modern discipline of biblical studies developed in the context of Western Europe, concurrent with the emergence of various racial and imperial ideologies. The essays in this volume deal both with histori...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Hockey, Katherine M., editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Bloomsbury Academic 2018.
Edición:1 [edition]
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Sumario:Religion, ethnicity and race are facets of identity that have become increasingly contested. The modern discipline of biblical studies developed in the context of Western Europe, concurrent with the emergence of various racial and imperial ideologies. The essays in this volume deal both with historical facets of ethnicity and race in antiquity, in particular in relation to the identities of Jews and Christians, and also with the critique of scholarly ideologies and racial assumptions which have shaped biblical studies.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (253 pages)
Also issued in printing
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780567677327
9780567677334
9780567677310