This volume is about the Bible, biblical and modern empires, and the emergence of
postcolonial biblical criticism, both in its potency to unsettle and as an intervening, and a …

The Oxford Handbook of Postcolonial Biblical Criticism is a comprehensive treatment of a
relatively new form of scholarship-one of the most compelling and contested theories to …

Examining the legacies of European imperialism, this essay traces how the Bible reflects
strong affinities with empire and provides ongoing justifications for empire and …

At a time of renewed interest in Empire, this stimulating volume explores the complex
relationship between the Bible and the colonial enterprise, and examines some overlooked …

One of the lessons of history is that empires rarely disappear completely. They rise and fall
but often resurface in different forms. The current military interventions and territorial …

This essay will approach the topic of the Babylonian Empire in the Bible broadly in terms of
themes rather than focusing on each occurrence of the topic in biblical references. In this …

Postcolonial criticism is the latest theory to enter the arena of biblical studies. This article
sets out to explain the claims of postcolonialism and its application to biblical studies. It …

As the field of biblical studies continues to become more diverse, scholars incorporate
theories and methods from other areas of research. One of these fields is postcolonial …

Exploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: History, Method, Practice offers a concise and
multifaceted overview of the origins, development, and application of postcolonial criticism to …

This volume returns to where initial interest in postcolonial biblical criticism began: the
Hebrew Bible. It does so not to celebrate the significant achievements of postcolonial …