Twenty-five Years of Marxist Biblical Criticism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5795531
AutoresRoland Boer (0000-0002-8355-2737, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia,, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen5
Número3
Páginas298-321
Fecha de publicación2007-04-16
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCurrents in Biblical Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1476-993X • E-ISSN: 1745-5200
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1476993x07077963
OpenAlexW2094676474
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas25

In the context of a renewed interest in Marxism outside biblical studies, this article surveys and critiques the background and current status of a similar renewal in biblical studies. It begins with a consideration of the background of current studies in liberation, materialist and political theologies, and moves on to note the division between literary and social scientific uses of Marxist theories. While those who used Marxist literary methods were initially inspired by Terry Eagleton and Fredric Jameson, more recent work has begun to make use of a whole tradition of Marxist literary criticism largely ignored in biblical studies. More consistent work, however, has taken place in the social sciences in both Hebrew Bible and New Testament studies. In Hebrew Bible studies, debates focus on the question of mode of production, especially the domestic or household mode of production, while in New Testament studies, the concerns have been with reconstructing the context of the Jesus movement and, more recently, the Pauline correspondence. I close with a number of questions concerning the division into different areas of what is really a holistic approach to texts and history

Art · Biblical criticism · Biblical studies · Criticism · Epistemology · Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Hebrews · Historical criticism · Literary criticism · Literary science · Literature · Marxist philosophy · Materialism · New Testament · Old Testament · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Development, Ethics, and Society · History · Law · Philosophy