Empire and Exile: Postcolonial Readings of the Book of Jeremiah

by Steed Vernyl Davidson

Book Overview

Empire and Exile explores the impact of Babylonian aggression upon the book of Jeremiah by calling attention to the presence of the empire and showing how the book of Jeremiah can be read as resistant responses to the inevitability of imperial power and the experience of exile. With the insight of postcolonial theory, resistance is framed in these readings as finding a place in the world even though not controlling territory and therefore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567655261
• ISBN13: 9780567655264
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"