Disembodying Narrative - A Postcolonial Subversion of Genesis

In this book, Jeremiah Cataldo subjects the Book of Genesis to postcolonial analysis. He explores the continuing impact that ideological colonialism has not only on dominant traditions of biblical interpretation but also on human social and political relationships touched by assumptions about the Bible, God, power, and human identity.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Adam, Eve, and Steve's Serpent
Chapter 3: Colonizing Cain
Chapter 4: Highbrow Hamitic Hypothesis
Chapter 5: Flooding the world and saving a few
Chapter 6: Inverting the Tower of Babel
Chapter 7: Father Abraham sentenced a son, or two
Chapter 8: A(n incestual, pedophilic) cave-dwelling Lot
Chapter 9: Sarah's (colonizing) laughter and Hagar's (colonized) tears
Chapter 10: Jacob and Esau
Chapter 11: Joseph from lowly status into authoritative body
Conclusion: Taking stock of the trajectory of Genesis\

About the author

Jeremiah Cataldo is professor of history in the Frederik Meijer Honors College at Grand Valley State University.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremiah Cataldo, Cataldo Jeremiah
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2023
• EAN: 9781978714977
• ISBN: 978-1-978714-97-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Dispatches from the New Diaspora
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Judaism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christianity, Judaism, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Gender studies, gender groups, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies