The Phantom Messiah - Postmodern Fantasy and the Gospel of Mark

Vorwort Examines the Gospel of Mark as fantasyliterature Zusammenfassung There is a growing awareness among biblical scholars and others of the potential value of modern and postmodern fantasy theory for the study of biblical texts. This fantastic reading is a "reading from the outside," inspired by the parable "theory" of Isaiah 6:9-10 and Mark 4:11-12. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: the Phantom Messiah. Part 1. Fantasy Theory and Narrative.Chapter 1. Tolkien's Fäerie Stories.Chapter 2. Postmodern Fantasy. Chapter 3. Fantasy and the End of the Canon. Part 2. Mark's Fantasy of Jesus. Chapter 4. The Poetic Function and the Gospel in/of Mark. Chapter 5. Inventory of the Fantastic in Mark.Chapter 6. The Incomplete Gospel.Part 3. Simulacra and Afterlives. Chapter 7. Artificial Bodies.Chapter 8. Ghosts on the Water.Conclusion: the Disciples' Fear. Index.Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: George Aichele
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2007
• EAN: 9780567025814
• ISBN: 978-0-567-02581-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Literary theory, Bible readings, selections and meditations