Introduction

Derrida's Bible

Yvonne Sherwood

pp. 1-20

in: Yvonne Sherwood (ed), Derrida's Bible, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

Abstract

… creation and the “fall,” Cain and Abel, the flood, the tower of Babel, Abraham’s hospitality to the angels, the “sacrifice” of Isaac, the burial of Sarah, the rejection of Esau, the deception of blind Isaac, scenes of circumcision, the burning bush, Moses and Zipporah, Mount Sinai, the Egyptian plagues, the prescriptions regarding fringes, the temple and the tabernacle (particularly its veils and curtains), Samson, “shibboleth,” blind Eli and his sons, Elijah, Job, Esther, Jonah’s whale, Jeremiah’s curse, the dry bones of Ezekiel, Tobir, the tactile synoptics and the relatively touch-phobic fourth gospel, doubting Thomas, Jesus’ healings of the blind, the Lord’s prayer, the sermon on the mount, the woman who anoints Jesus’ feet, the crucifixion and resurrection; the last supper, the conversion of Saul/Paul, the circumcision of the heart and flesh, the debate on head-covering, the Apocalypse of John …