Recensione:
Fluently written and painstakingly researched, Bodner has successfully shed new light on often-neglected connections between Exodus 1-2 and other biblical texts: this on its own is a commendable achievement. After all, Exodus 1-2 is part of one of the most foundational events in the Judeo-Christian heritage and hence a frequent site for scholarly endeavor and creative imagination... I recommend it to any student of this important passage. (Kirsi Cobb, Reading Religion)
Informed by recent developments in literary theory, An Ark on the Nile offers a highly creative, intertextual reading of Exodus 12. Bodner demonstrates well the extent to which an attentive reader can find deep connections between these chapters and the foregoing stories in Genesis as well as the unfolding narratives in Exodus and beyond. In so doing, he sheds important light on these texts' enduring impact. (Jeffrey Stackert, Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, University of Chicago)
Keith Bodner has written an insightful literary-critical study of Exodus 1-2, mining the many aesthetic elements such as irony, characterization, plot reversals, point of view, as well as the rich intertextual relationships that emerge from the narrative. Through the journey he draws the readers into the larger theoretical notion of beginnings of a literary work, exploring to what extent the opening chapters of Exodus represent the ideological beginning of the book of Exodus. (Thomas B. Dozeman, , Professor of Old Testament, United Theological Seminary)
L'autore:
Keith Bodner is Professor of Religious Studies at Crandall University in New Brunswick, after teaching for a number of years at Tyndale University College & Seminary in Toronto. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, and is a former section chair (Bakhtin and the Biblical Imagination) for the Society of Biblical Literature. His 2008 book 1 Samuel: A Narrative Commentary (Sheffield Phoenix Press) was awarded the R. B. Y. Scott Award from the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies, and his recent books include Jeroboam's Royal Drama (2012) and Elisha's Profile in the Book of Kings: The Double Agent (2013), and After the Invasion: A Reading of Jeremiah 40-44 (OUP, 2015).
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