Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies: Identity and the Book (Biblical Limits)

by David Gunn (Editor), TimothyK.Beal (Editor), Timothy K. Beal (Editor), David Gunn (Editor)

• New

  Hardcover
  1996

  $42.21

  The Bible is often said to be one of the foundation texts of Western culture. This volume shows that it goes far beyond being a religious text, with essays exploring how religious, political and cultural identities, including ethnicity and gender, are embodied in biblical discourse.