Ethnicity and the Bible

This international collection of twenty-one essays examines the construction of ethnic identities both within the Bible itself and in biblical interpretation. The major themes of the volumes are: ethnocentrism, indigeneity, ethics and the politics of identity. This publication has also been published in paperback, please click here for details.

About the author

Mark G. Brett, Ph.D. (1988), University of Sheffield, is Professor of Old Testament at Whitley College, University of Melbourne, Australia. He is co-editor of the journal Biblical Interpretation (Brill), and author of Biblical Criticism in Crisis? (Cambridge, 1991).

Product details

• Assisted by: Mark Brett (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1996
• EAN: 9789004103177
• ISBN: 978-90-04-10317-7
• No. of pages: 524
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 244 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 1034 g
• Series: Biblical Interpretation
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations