The Book of Hiding: Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation, and Esther

by Timothy Beal and K Beal Timothy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415167809
• ISBN13: 9780415167802
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"