Looking Through a Glass Bible : Postdisciplinary Biblical Interpretations from the Glasgow School.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abstraction on a Lament: Psalm 13 as Poured Paint -- The Buik o Jonah MacAmity: A Contribution to a Bible That May Not Be One -- The Book of Daniel: From Biblical Archive to Posthuman Prophecy? -- Exodus and Liturgy: A Proposal to Read Exodus as a Lection for the Sacred Year in Post-Exilic Judea -- Cracking the Canon: John Toland, 'Lost' Gospels and the Challenge to Religious Hegemony -- Sisterhood in the Wilderness: Biblical Paradigms and Feminist Identity Politics in Readings of Hagar and Sarah -- Athaliah of Judah (2 Kings 11): A Political Anomaly or an Ideological Victim? -- The Babel Complex: Taking a Turn Around the Tower and the City -- "The Strong Right Arm That Holds For Peace": Picturing National Idolatry -- Making and Unmaking the World in the Book of Job: Reading Job With Help from Elaine Scarry, Kurt Vonnegut, and Don LaFontaine -- Sharmanka: Art, Religion and Identity in the Work of Eduard Bersudsky and Tatiana Jakovskaya -- By the Light of a Cloudy Glass: Biblical Interpretation and Disciplinary Security -- Index of Names -- Index of Scripture -- Index of Ancient Sources.

Infused with literary, political, art-critical, cinematic, liturgical and other interests, these essays display interpretive verve freed from the anxiety of disciplines -- with closely observed interpretive insights, critical engagement with biblical texts, and vivid inspiration from their cultural worlds.

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