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The Phantom Messiah

Name: The Phantom Messiah
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Author: Usa) Professor Emeritus George Aichele (adrian College
ISBN: 9780567025814

Postmodern Fantasy and the Gospel of Mark

by Usa) Professor Emeritus George Aichele (adrian College

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288 pages
Publisher: Continuum
15.3 x 22.9 x 1.7 cm

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For scholars and enthusiasts of biblical literature

Unlocks insights into biblical texts using fantasy theory

You will deepen your understanding of scripture's richness

The Phantom Messiah explores the Gospel of Mark through postmodern fantasy theory.

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When they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost (phantasma), and cried out; for they all saw him, and were terrified (Mark 6:49, RSV)

There is a growing awareness among biblical scholars and others of the potential value of modern and postmodern fantasy theory for the study of biblical texts. Following theorists such as Roland Barthes, Tzvetan Todorov, and Gilles Deleuze (among others), we understand the fantastic as the deconstruction of literary realism. The fantastic arises from the text