Reading the Bible with Horror

Brandon R. Grafius (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

188 Seiten

2019
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-0168-7 (ISBN)

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In this book, Brandon R. Grafius takes the reader on a tour of the dark corners of the Hebrew Bible, using contemporary horror films as a conversation partner. He examines how the Hebrew Bible can be both sacred text and tome of fright, and explores the numerous ways in which the worlds of religion and horror share uncomfortable spaces.

In Reading the Bible with Horror, Brandon R. Grafius takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through the dark corners of the Hebrew Bible. Along the way, he stops to place the monstrous Leviathan in conversation with contemporary monster theory, uses Derrida to help explore the ghosts that haunt the biblical landscape, and reads the House of David as a haunted house. Conversations arise between unexpected sources, such as the Pentateuch legal texts dealing with female sexuality and Carrie. Throughout the book, Grafius asks how the Hebrew Bible can be both sacred text and tome of fright, and explores the numerous ways in which the worlds of religion and horror share uncomfortable spaces.

Brandon R. Grafius is assistant professor of biblical studies at Ecumenical Theological Seminary.

Chapter 1: Reading with Horror
Chapter 2: Monsters, Monster Theory, and Us
Chapter 3: Hauntings of the Hebrew Bible
Chapter 4: Haunted Spaces
Chapter 5: “The Calls Are Coming from Inside the House!”: The Monstrous within the Community
Chapter 6: The Monstrous YHWH

Erscheinungsdatum	12.11.2019
Reihe/Serie	Horror and Scripture
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 233 mm
Gewicht	467 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-9787-0168-3 / 1978701683
ISBN-13	978-1-9787-0168-7 / 9781978701687
Zustand	Neuware