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Genesis : procreation and the politics of identity / Mark G. Brett.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Old Testament readingsPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 174 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0203992024
  • 9780203992029
  • 6610254516
  • 9786610254514
  • 1280254513
  • 9781280254512
  • 1134768141
  • 9781134768141
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Genesis.DDC classification:
  • 222/.11067 21
LOC classification:
  • BS1235.2 .B72 2000eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the contest of methods -- 1. Genesis 1-11: creation and dominance -- 2. Genesis 12-25: the making of nations -- 3. Genesis 26-36: on tricksters -- 4. Genesis 37-50: reasons of state -- 5. Whose Genesis? Which orthodoxy?
Summary: Mark Brett places the first book of the Bible firmly within its sociopolitical context. He argues that it can be read as resistance literature and that the editors of Genesis ̂were directly engaged with contemporary issues.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)144551

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162) and indexes.

Mark Brett places the first book of the Bible firmly within its sociopolitical context. He argues that it can be read as resistance literature and that the editors of Genesis ̂were directly engaged with contemporary issues.

Print version record.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the contest of methods -- 1. Genesis 1-11: creation and dominance -- 2. Genesis 12-25: the making of nations -- 3. Genesis 26-36: on tricksters -- 4. Genesis 37-50: reasons of state -- 5. Whose Genesis? Which orthodoxy?

English.