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Belonging in Genesis : Biblical Israel and the Politics of Identity Formation by Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi (2016, Trade Paperback)

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Number of Pages: 179. Weight: 0.6 lbs. Publication Date: 2016-03-15. Publisher: BAYLOR UNIV PR.

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Genesis calls its readers into a vision of human community unconstrained by the categories that dominate modern thinking about identity. Genesis situates humanity within a network of nurture that encompasses the entire cosmos?only then introducing Israel not as a people, but as a promise. Genesis prioritizes a human identity that originates in the divine word and depends on ongoing relationship with God. Those called into this new mode of belonging must forsake the social definition that had structured their former life, trading it for an alternative that will only gradually take shape. In contrast to the rigidity that typifies modern notions, Genesis depicts identity as fundamentally fluid. Encounter with God leads to a new social self, not a "spiritual" self that operates only within parameters established in the body at birth. In Belonging in Genesis , Amanda Mbuvi highlights the ways narrative and the act of storytelling function to define and create a community. Building on the emphasis on family in Genesis, she focuses on the way family storytelling is a means of holding together the interpretation of the text and the constitution of the reading community. Explicitly engaging the way in which readers regard the biblical text as a point of reference for their own (collective) identities leads to an understanding of Genesis as inviting its readers into a radically transformative vision of their place in the world.

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Baylor University Press
ISBN-10
1602587477
ISBN-13
9781602587472
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Author
Amanda Beckenstein Mbuvi
Publication Name
Belonging in Genesis : Biblical Israel and the Politics of Identity Formation
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
179 Pages

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Bs1235.52.M37 2016
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A very welcome addition to recent scholarship about Genesis and about the politics of text and identity more generally., Mbuvi has produced an engaging and challenging exploration of Genesis, one that focuses on often neglected aspects of Genesis (such as genealogies), while also challenging deeply embedded assumptions of Western readers. Though relatively brief, the study covers much ground, probing notions of identity in light of race, gender, ethnicity, and colonialism., This book is a fascinating literary reading of Genesis that is informed by scholarship on identity formation, oral cultures, and social anthropology and is recommended for scholars, preachers, teachers, and students of Genesis.
Table of Content
A Note on Terminology and Translation Acknowledgements 1. Playing by Different Rules: Reading Genesis through its Deferrals 2. (Un)conventional Genesis: Two Ways of Reading Identity and the Divine Word 3. Family Storytelling: The Relationship between Genesis and its Readers 4. The Theology of Genealogy: A Boundary Breaking Foundation for Identity 5. The Social Ladder and the Family Tree: Competing Approaches to Structuring Identity 6. Fruitfulness: The Emergence of a New Identity Beyond Insider/Outsider Dichotomies Postscript Works Cited Index
Copyright Date
2016
Topic
Christian Theology / General, General, Christian Life / Family, Biblical Studies / Old Testament, Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament
Lccn
2015-026595
Dewey Decimal
222/.1106
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Genre
Religion

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