Remains of the Jews : the holy land and Christian empire in late antiquity /
Remains of the Jews studies the rise of Christian Empire in late antiquity (300-550 C.E.) through the dense and complex manner in which Christian authors wrote about Jews in the charged space of the "holy land." The book employs contemporary cultural studies, particularly postcolonial crit...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Stanford University Press,
2004
Stanford, Calif. : c2004 Stanford, Calif. : 2004 |
| Series: | Divinations
Divinations |
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| Summary: | Remains of the Jews studies the rise of Christian Empire in late antiquity (300-550 C.E.) through the dense and complex manner in which Christian authors wrote about Jews in the charged space of the "holy land." The book employs contemporary cultural studies, particularly postcolonial criticism, to read Christian writings about holy land Jews as colonial writings. These writings created a cultural context in which Christians viewed themselves as powerful--and in which, perhaps, Jews were able to construct a posture of resistance to this new Christian Empire. Remains of the Jews reexamines familiar types of literature--biblical interpretation, histories, sermons, letters--from a new perspective in order to understand how power and resistance shaped religious identities in the later Roman Empire. Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion "Remains of the Jews studies the rise of Christian Empire in late antiquity (300-550 C.E.) through the dense and complex manner in which Christian authors wrote about Jews in the charged space of the "holy land." The book employs contemporary cultural studies, particularly postcolonial criticism, to read Christian writings about holy land Jews as colonial writings. These writings created a cultural context in which Christians viewed themselves as powerful - and in which, perhaps, Jews were able to construct a posture of resistance to this new Christian Empire. Remains of the Jews reexamines familiar types of literature - biblical interpretation, histories, sermons, letters - from a new perspective in order to understand how power and resistance shaped religious identities in the later Roman Empire."--BOOK JACKET |
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| Item Description: | Revised version of the author's dissertation (doctoral--Duke University, 2001) Table of contents: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip043/2003010165.html This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 249 p. ; 24 cm xiv, 249 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-244) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-244) and index |
| ISBN: | 0804747059 9780804747059 |