TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beal,Timothy Kandler
TI  - The book of hiding: gender, ethnicity, annihilation, and Esther 
T2  - Biblical limits
SN  - 0203131053
AV  - BS1375.2 .B42 1997eb
U1  - 222/.906 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Bible
KW  - Esther
KW  - Social scientific criticism
KW  - fast
KW  - Bibel
KW  - Ester
KW  - gnd
KW  - A.T
KW  - Critique sociologique
KW  - ram
KW  - Group identity
KW  - Biblical teaching
KW  - Identité collective
KW  - Enseignement biblique
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - Old Testament
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Social scientific criticism of sacred works
KW  - Esther (bijbelboek)
KW  - gtt
KW  - Sekseverschillen
KW  - Etnisch bewustzijn
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-148) and index; Chapter INTRODUCTION -- Dislocating Beginnings -- chapter 1 WRITING OUT, I -- chapter 2 PALIMPSEST -- chapter 3 THE BIBLE AS MORAL LITERATURE -- chapter 4 WRITING OUT, II -- chapter 5 FINDING ONESELF SIGNED UP -- chapter 6 INSOMNIA AND A LOST DREAM OF WRITING -- chapter 7 SUBVERSIVE EXCESSES -- chapter 8 COMING OUT
N2  - Annotation; The Book of Hiding offers a fluent and erudite analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender, ethnicity and social ambiguity. Beal focuses particularly on the traditionally marginalised book of Esther, in order to examine closely the categories of self and other in relation to religion, sexism, nationalism, and the ever-looming legacies and future possibilities of annihilation. Beal applies the critical tools of contemporary theorists, such as Cixous, Irigaray and Levinas, challenging widely held assumptions about the moral and life-affirming message of Scripture and even about the presence of God in the book of Esther. The Book of Hiding draws together a variety of different perspectives and disciplines, creating a unique space for dialogue raising new questions and reconsidering old assumptions, which is profoundly interesting and well-articulated
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