"Not in the Spaces we Know" : : An Exploration of Science Fiction and the Bible.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Higgins, Ryan,; Landy, Francis,; Mcgrath, James F.,; Uhlenbruch, Frauke,; Vedeler, Harold Torger,; Wilson, Ian D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (135 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; SEERS, FICTIONS AND OTHER WORLDS --; FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET, MORE POWERFUL THAN A LOCOMOTIVE, ABLE TO RULE BY SENSE OF SMELL! SUPERHUMAN KINGSHIP IN THE PROPHETIC BOOKS --; SCIENCE FICTION, THE BIBLE, AND THE NARRATIVE MODE --; HACKED AQEDAH-GENESIS 22 IN DIALOGUE WITH CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL SCIENCE FICTION --; OF GODS AND MONSTERS: SUPERNATURAL BEINGS IN THE UNCANNY VALLEY --; WHAT HAS CORUSCANT TO DO WITH JERUSALEM? A RESPONSE AND REFLECTIONS AT THE CROSSROADS OF HEBREW BIBLE AND SCIENCE FICTION --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463237677; 9783110663013
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463237677
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph

This volume explores themes at the intersection of the Bible and science fiction. In the genre of science fiction in film, books, comic books, or fan fiction, we find portrayals of possible futures, altered pasts, supernatural or beyond-human beings. Just as in biblical literature, science fiction can contain metaphysical speculation. Departing from this intersection, the authors engage with biblical texts 'as' science fiction, asking different questions of their sources: can science fiction theory and practice yield new approaches to the discussion of biblical texts? The authors reflect on methodology and offer case studies that include, among others, superhuman biblical kings and uncanny divine intermediaries.