Envisioning Writing

Donald C. Polaski teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA.

Introduction - Writing, Orality, Power and Empire: A Model


Section One - Prophets, Moses and Deuteronomists: Learning to Write


The Written Prophets: Setting the Record Straight


Deuteronomy and Moses (an expansion of my article from Postmodern Interpretations of the Bible)


Josiah, Joshua and Imperial Textuality (a revision of my article from Semeia Studies)


Section Two - Inscribing Yehud


The Prophets Learn to Write (Ezekiel, Zechariah, Malachi)


Nehemiah: Subject of the Empire (a revision of my paper delivered at 2004 SBL)


Ezra: The Discipline of Letters


Section Three - Engraved Invitations: Writing at the Table of the Powerful


Esther: A Writing Carnival?


The Letter of Aristeas: A Hellenistic Writing Symposium


Writing and Resistance in Daniel 1-6 (an expansion of my JBL paper)


Section Four - Writing and the Sectarian Subject: Irresistible Texts


Daniel's Vision and the Empire


Jubilees and Torah


1 Enoch: Writing the Sectarian Subject


Writing by the Dead Sea: 4QMMT as Signifier


Conclusion