The laws of the imperialized : understanding Exodus 19-24 as a response to imperial legal traditions / Chung Man Anna Lo.

Carlisle, Cumbria : Langham Publishing, 2024.

©2024.

xiii, 289 pages ; 23 cm.

"Being the first legal corpus in the biblical canon, Exodus 19–24 is a law collection that belonged to a people living under the shadow of empire. Using an integrated approach of postcolonial studies and historical-comparative analysis, this important study analyzes the relationship between the laws given to the Israelites on Mount Sinai and cuneiform law collections. Dr. Anna Lo skillfully integrates postcolonial understandings of the colonized people to explore how the similarities and differences reflect the imperialized authors' wrestling with the imperial legal metanarrative and subjugation of their time. This investigation into the dynamic of acceptance, ambivalence, and resistance invites attention to this selection of Scripture as a work of conservative revolutionists. Dr. Lo's thorough work provides an important way forward for scholars to consider responses of the imperialized to empires in the past as well as to reflect on their own response to hegemonic domination today." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

Electronic version: Lo, Chung Man Anna. LAWS OF THE IMPERIALIZED;UNDERSTANDING EXODUS 1924 AS A RESPONSE TO IMPERIAL LEGAL TRADITIONS. [S.l.] : LANGHAM ACADEMIC, 2024

English

October 10, 2024

Studies in Old Testament.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-289).