In the Name of God - The Bible in the Colonial Discourse of Empire

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.

About the author

C.L. Crouch, DPhil (2009), is Lecturer in Hebrew Bible at the University of Nottingham. She has published on War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East (de Gruyter 2009), Genesis and the prophetic books. Her current research is on identity formation in Deuteronomy.

Jonathan Stökl, DPhil (2009), is Lecturer in Hebrew Bible / Old Testament at King's College London. He has published a monograph Ancient Near Eastern Prophecy: A Philological and Sociological Comparison (Brill 2012) and articles on prophecy in the Hebrew Bible and the Ancient Near East.

Product details

• Assisted by: C L Crouch (Editor), C. L. Crouch (Editor), Jonathan Stökl (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2013
• EAN: 9789004258334
• ISBN: 978-90-04-25833-4
• No. of pages: 191
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 241 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 437 g
• Series: Biblical Interpretation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education