Leander, Hans

Discourses of empire : the gospel of Mark from a postcolonial perspective / Gospel of Mark from a postcolonial perspective Hans Leander - xiv, 388 p. : ill ; 23 cm - Society of Biblical Literature. Semeia studies ; 71 .

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Gothenburg, 2011.

Incluye referencias bibliograficas (pp. 323-370) e índices.

Postcolonial theory -- Postcolonial criticism in biblical studies -- Modern biblical studies and empire -- The Semitic and the Greek (1:1) -- Between man and brute (5:1-20) -- Submissive heathen and superior Greek (7:24-30) -- The embarrassing parousia (8:31-9:1) -- "Only absolutely spiritual" (11:1-11) -- An Irish cat among the pigeons (12:13-17) -- The centurion between East and West (15:39) -- Conclusion: Mark and European colonialism -- Mark begins to circulate -- An oppositional beginning (1:1) -- Imperial satire (5:1-20) -- Entering a narrative crisis (7:24-30) -- The parousia as pharmakon (8:31-9:1) -- With Bhabha at the Jerusalem city gates (11:1-22) -- The emperor breaks the surface (12:13-17) -- The secrecy complex as a third space (15:39) -- How Mark destabilizes empire -- Different Marks in different empires.

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Biblia.--N.T.--Evangelio según Marcos--Estudios, ensayos, etc.

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