Israel and Empire : : a postcolonial history of Israel and early Judaism / / Leo G. Perdue and Warren Carter ; edited by Coleman A. Baker.

• Author: Perdue, Leo G.
• TeilnehmendeR: Carter, Warren, 1955-; Baker, Coleman A.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

"Israel and Empire introduces students to the history, literature, and theology of the Hebrew Bible and texts of early Judaism, enabling them to read these texts through the lens of postcolonial interpretation. This approach should allow students to recognize not only how cultural and socio-political forces shaped ancient Israel and the worldviews of the early Jews but also the impact of imperialism on modern readings of the Bible. Perdue and Carter cover a broad sweep of history, from 1300 BCE to 72 CE, including the late Bronze age, Egyptian imperialism, Israel's entrance into Canaan, the Davidic-Solomonic Empire, the Assyrian Empire, the Babylonian Empire, the Persian Empire, the Greek Empire, the Maccabean Empire, and Roman rule. Additionally the authors show how earlier examples of imperialism in the Ancient Near East provide a window through which to see the forces and effects of imperialism in modern history."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Table of Contents

Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: Empires, Colonies, and Postcolonial Interpretation; I. Sources of Social Power; II. The Power of Discourse; III. The Discourse of Resistance; 1 -- Major Considerations in the Analysis of Imperial Rule and Postcolonial Criticism; I. What Is Postcolonialism Criticism? Postcolonial Historiography and Biblical Interpretation; II. The Subaltern and Economic Exploitation; III. Racism in the Ideology and Practice of Imperialism; IV. Orientalism: The Subverting of Western Stereotypes of the East; V. The Location of Culture; VI. Can the Subaltern Speak?

VII. Postcolonial HistoriographyVIII. The Imperial Metanarrative; IX. Colonial Resistance; X. The Diaspora; 2 -- The Assyrian Empire, the Conquest of Israel, and the Colonization of Judah; I. Historical Introduction; II. The Metanarrative of the Assyrian Empire; III. Israel/Judah and the Assyrian Empire: The Example of Hosea; IV. The Colonization of Judah and Assyrian Domination; 3 -- Judah under the Neo-Babylonian Empire; I. Historical Introduction; II. The Babylonian Metanarrative of Empire; III. Jewish Communities during the Exile

IV. The Prophetic Resistance to the Empires: Jeremiah and Second Isaiah4 -- The Persian Empire and the Colony of Judah; I. Historical Introduction; II. Persian Culture and the Imperial Metanarrative; III. Judah as a Persian Colony; IV. Conclusion: Unity and Diversity in Judaism in the Persian Empire; 5 -- Judea/Israel under the Greek Empires; I. Alexander the Macedonian (336-323), his Conquests, and Successors (Diadochi); II. Ptolemaic Rule and Judea/Israel; III. Seleucid Rule of Judea/Israel 200-175 BCE; IV. Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BCE)

V. Post-164 BCE Rededication of the Temple and Independence6 -- Judea/Israel under the Roman Empire; I. Historical Introduction; II. The Metanarrative of the Roman Empire; III. Rome and Judea: Roman Religious Acts and Imperial Cult Observance; IV. Imperial and Provincial Rule; V. Economics; VI. Judean/Israelite Religion; VII. Material Culture; VIII. Decolonizing the Mind; IX. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors