Reading Rahab with Larsen: towards a New Direction in African American Biblical Hermeneutics
This article explores what it might look like to read the biblical story of Rahab alongside literature from the African American literary canon. Specifically, the article examines the biblical account of Rahab found in Joshua 2 through the lens of identity and argues that, like characters in Harlem...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Horizons in biblical theology
Año: 2020, Volumen: 42, Número: 1, Páginas: 1-13 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Rahab, Personaje bíblico
/ Bibel. Josua 2
/ Larsen, Nella 1891-1964, Passing
/ Literatura
/ Afroamericanismo
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | FD Teología contextual HB Antiguo Testamento KBP América |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
Prostitute
B Rahab B passing B Womanist B Nella Larsen B African American |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Sumario: | This article explores what it might look like to read the biblical story of Rahab alongside literature from the African American literary canon. Specifically, the article examines the biblical account of Rahab found in Joshua 2 through the lens of identity and argues that, like characters in Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen’s novels Quicksand and Passing, Rahab is passing in Joshua 2. The characters Helga Crane from the novel Quicksand and Clare Kendry from the novel Passing serve as exemplars for passing (the act of presenting as of a different racial group than one’s own), and the markers of passing are mapped on to Rahab. This article is a womanist work, as it seeks to center the experiences of Black women. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2207 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Horizons in biblical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712207-12341400 |