The power of the word : Scripture and the rhetoric of empire

Author(s)

• Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler

Bibliographic Information

The power of the word : Scripture and the rhetoric of empire

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza

Fortress Press, c2007

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-280)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

What is the purpose of reading the Bible? Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza tackles the tough question of the Bible's role in the world today and how its vision can further a more just world. She shows particularly the radical power of the Word to challenge imperial ways, the humiliation of persons, and the use of religion itself to keep people down, today as then. Finally, she offers an understanding of the implications of such a program for the field and practice of biblical studies, an indispensable partner in challenging the status quo.

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Details

• NCID: BA84196168
• ISBN:
  • 9780800638337
• LCCN: 2007031009
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Minneapolis, Minn.
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 280 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BS538.7
  • DC22 : 220.601
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Bible -- Influence
  • LCSH : Bible -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • LCSH : Bible -- Feminist criticism