An edition of In the name of God (2014)

In the name of God

the Bible in the colonial discourse of empire

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An edition of In the name of God (2014)

In the name of God

the Bible in the colonial discourse of empire

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In In the Name of God biblical scholars and historians begin the exciting work of deconstructing British and Spanish imperial usage of the Bible as well as the use of the Bible to counteract imperialism.

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Publisher
Brill
Language
English
Pages
191

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Table of Contents

Introduction / -- C.L. Crouch and Jonathan Stökl
Comparing the 'Telegraph Bible' of the late British empire to the Chaotic Bible of the sixteenth century Spanish empire: beyond the Canaan mandate into anxious parables of the land -- Yvonne Sherwood
The Esperança de Israel: a mission to Cromwell -- Maria Ana T. Valdez
Mare clausum, Leviathan, and Oceana: Bible criticism, secularisation and imperialism in seventeenth-century English political and legal thought -- Mark Somos
The armies of Gog, the merchants of Tarshish, and the British empire -- Andrew Mein
The 'Jerusalemgangers' as an illustration of resistance against the Britism empire and nineteenth century biblical interpretation in southern Africa -- Hendrik Bosman
The battle of the books: the Bible versus the Vedas -- Hugh Pyper.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Leiden
Series
Biblical interpretation series -- Volume 126, Biblical interpretation series -- v. 126.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
220.09
Library of Congress
BS538.3 .I5 2014, BS538.3.I5 2014, BS538.3.I5 2013eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
191 pages
Number of pages
191

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL28391731M
Internet Archive
innameofgodbible0000unse
ISBN 10
9004258337, 9004259120
ISBN 13
9789004258334, 9789004259126
LCCN
2013029464
OCLC/WorldCat
856579516

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