Text and Terror: Monster Theory and the Hebrew Bible

While biblical scholars have long been interested in the monsters of the Hebrew Bible, it is only in the last several decades that theoretical approaches to monsters have made their way into biblical studies. Originating in the fields of psychoanalysis and anthropology, monster theory looks at the c...

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Auteur principal: Grafius, Brandon R. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Sage [2017]
Dans: Currents in biblical research
Année: 2017, Volume: 16, Numéro: 1, Pages: 34-49
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Bibel. Altes Testament / Horreur / Leviathan / Monstre / Traumatisme / Post-humanisme / Psychanalyse / Anthropologie
RelBib Classification:HB Ancien Testament
NBH Angélologie
ZD Psychologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Monster Theory
B Hebrew Bible
B Bible. Old Testament
B Bible Study & teaching
B Grotesque
B Traumatisme
B Anthropology
B Religious Aspects
B Psychoanalytic Theory
B Deconstruction
B Psychoanalysis
B Chaoskampf
B Leviathan
B Monsters
B Identity
B Horreur
B Posthumanism
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Résumé:While biblical scholars have long been interested in the monsters of the Hebrew Bible, it is only in the last several decades that theoretical approaches to monsters have made their way into biblical studies. Originating in the fields of psychoanalysis and anthropology, monster theory looks at the construction of various monsters, arguing that the way a culture creates its monsters reveals the anxieties held by that culture. This article will explore the uses of monster theory in recent works of biblical scholarship, demonstrating that monster theory has been used to read the figure of the monster as a representation of chaos, identify monstrous imagery as a rhetoric of trauma, and explore how the boundaries between the monster and the self are shifting and unstable.
ISSN:1745-5200
Contient:Enthalten in: Currents in biblical research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1476993X17699548