The Bible after Babel : historical criticism in a postmodern age /
John J. Collins.
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., c2005.
- x, 201 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
"Delivered as the Gunning lectures at the School of Divinity of the University of Edinburgh between November 1 and 12, 2004"--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-192) and indexes.
Historical criticism and its postmodern critics -- The crisis in historiography -- Exodus and liberation in postcolonial perspective -- The impact of feminist and gender studies -- Israelite religion: the return of the goddess -- Is a postmodern biblical theology possible?