TY - BOOK

T1 - The Fantastic in Religious Narrative from Exodus to Elisha

AU - Feldt, Laura

PY - 2012/4/13

Y1 - 2012/4/13

N2 - The Fantastic in Religious Narrative from Exodus to Elisha examines the astonishing array of marvels, monsters, and magic depicted in the Hebrew Bible. These stories –with the Exodus narrative at their centre – do not read as foundational stories, affirming triumphantly and unambiguously the bond between the deity, his people, and their territory. Rather, they are texts which offer ambiguity and uncertainty. As such, they encourage reflection and doubt as much as belief and meaningfulness. The fantasy narratives in Exodus, Numbers, Judges and Kings are the focus. Aiming to discover their fantastic power rather than to explain that power away, the book argues for the need to incorporate destabilization, disorientation, and ambiguity more strongly into theories of what religious narrative is and does.

AB - The Fantastic in Religious Narrative from Exodus to Elisha examines the astonishing array of marvels, monsters, and magic depicted in the Hebrew Bible. These stories –with the Exodus narrative at their centre – do not read as foundational stories, affirming triumphantly and unambiguously the bond between the deity, his people, and their territory. Rather, they are texts which offer ambiguity and uncertainty. As such, they encourage reflection and doubt as much as belief and meaningfulness. The fantasy narratives in Exodus, Numbers, Judges and Kings are the focus. Aiming to discover their fantastic power rather than to explain that power away, the book argues for the need to incorporate destabilization, disorientation, and ambiguity more strongly into theories of what religious narrative is and does.

KW - Faculty of Humanities

KW - The fantastic

KW - Bible

KW - Old Testament

KW - Exodus

KW - Criticism

KW - Narrative

M3 - Book

SN - 9781845539429

T3 - BibleWorld

BT - The Fantastic in Religious Narrative from Exodus to Elisha

PB - Equinox Publishing

CY - London

ER -