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1. Theory for Religious Studies

   By William E. Deal, Timothy K. Beal

   Series: theory4

   In this handy volume, two professors of religious studies provide the student of religious studies - whether the motivated undergraduate, graduate student, or professor - with a brief review of theorists' work from the perspective of religious studies. For example, in 5-10 pages, the reader will...

   Published September 13th 2004 by Routledge
2. Religion and Its Monsters

   By Timothy K. Beal

   Religion's great and powerful mystery fascinates us, but it also terrifies. So too the monsters that haunt the stories of the Judeo-Christian mythos and earlier traditions: Leviathan, Behemoth, dragons, and other beasts. In this unusual and provocative book, Timothy K. Beal writes about the...

   Published November 4th 2001 by Routledge
3. The Book of Hiding

   Gender, Ethnicity, Annihilation, and Esther

   By Timothy K. Beal

   Series: Biblical Limits

   The Book of Hiding offers a fluent and erudite analysis of the parallels between the Bible and contemporary discussions of gender, ethnicity and social ambiguity. Beal focuses particularly on the traditionally marginalised book of Esther, in order to examine closely the categories of self and other...

   Published October 29th 1997 by Routledge
4. Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies

   Identity and The Book

   Edited by Timothy K. Beal, David Gunn

   Series: Biblical Limits

   The Bible is often said to be one of the foundation texts of Western culture. The present volume shows that it goes far beyond being a religious text. The essays explore how religious, political and cultural identities, including ethnicity and gender, are embodied in biblical discourse. Following...

   Published November 27th 1996 by Routledge