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"Not in the Spaces we Know" : An Exploration of Science Fiction and the Bible.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its ContextsPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 1 online resource (135 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781463206949
  • 9781463237677
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 220
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- SEERS, FICTIONS AND OTHER WORLDS -- FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET, MORE POWERFUL THAN A LOCOMOTIVE, ABLE TO RULE BY SENSE OF SMELL! SUPERHUMAN KINGSHIP IN THE PROPHETIC BOOKS -- SCIENCE FICTION, THE BIBLE, AND THE NARRATIVE MODE -- HACKED AQEDAH-GENESIS 22 IN DIALOGUE WITH CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SCIENCE FICTION -- OF GODS AND MONSTERS: SUPERNATURAL BEINGS IN THE UNCANNY VALLEY -- WHAT HAS CORUSCANT TO DO WITH JERUSALEM? A RESPONSE AND REFLECTIONS AT THE CROSSROADS OF HEBREW BIBLE AND SCIENCE FICTION -- INDEX
Summary: This volume explores themes at the intersection of the Bible and science fiction. In the genre of science fiction in film, books, comic books, or fan fiction, we find portrayals of possible futures, altered pasts, supernatural or beyond-human beings. Just as in biblical literature, science fiction can contain metaphysical speculation. Departing from this intersection, the authors engage with biblical texts 'as' science fiction, asking different questions of their sources: can science fiction theory and practice yield new approaches to the discussion of biblical texts? The authors reflect on methodology and offer case studies that include, among others, superhuman biblical kings and uncanny divine intermediaries.

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- SEERS, FICTIONS AND OTHER WORLDS -- FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET, MORE POWERFUL THAN A LOCOMOTIVE, ABLE TO RULE BY SENSE OF SMELL! SUPERHUMAN KINGSHIP IN THE PROPHETIC BOOKS -- SCIENCE FICTION, THE BIBLE, AND THE NARRATIVE MODE -- HACKED AQEDAH-GENESIS 22 IN DIALOGUE WITH CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SCIENCE FICTION -- OF GODS AND MONSTERS: SUPERNATURAL BEINGS IN THE UNCANNY VALLEY -- WHAT HAS CORUSCANT TO DO WITH JERUSALEM? A RESPONSE AND REFLECTIONS AT THE CROSSROADS OF HEBREW BIBLE AND SCIENCE FICTION -- INDEX

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This volume explores themes at the intersection of the Bible and science fiction. In the genre of science fiction in film, books, comic books, or fan fiction, we find portrayals of possible futures, altered pasts, supernatural or beyond-human beings. Just as in biblical literature, science fiction can contain metaphysical speculation. Departing from this intersection, the authors engage with biblical texts 'as' science fiction, asking different questions of their sources: can science fiction theory and practice yield new approaches to the discussion of biblical texts? The authors reflect on methodology and offer case studies that include, among others, superhuman biblical kings and uncanny divine intermediaries.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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