Steed Davidson received his Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary, New York. He is an Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley California. His teaching centers on prophetic books, paying attention to ancient empires and responses to empires in the formation of texts.

Empire and Exile offers a lucid analysis of ways in which the book of Jeremiah reveals ancient Judean strategies for cultural survival during the period of Babylonian domination. Deftly deploying insights of Frantz Fanon, Homi Bhabha, Stuart Hall, and other postcolonial theorists, Davidson reads Jeremiah's sign acts, discourses, and biographical narratives as complex responses to the pressures of colonization and dislocation. Fresh and compelling, this work sheds new light on the ambivalences that attend the subaltern's struggle to reconfigure "home" in an imperial context. Empire and Exile is an indispensable resource for readers wishing to explore the intersections of postcolonial criticism and biblical studies. --Carolyn J. Sharp, Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Yale Divinity School

• Chapter 1 - (Dis)locating Location; Chapter 2 - (Dis)locating Interpretations; Chapter 3 - The Book of Jeremiah in Postcolonial Perspective; Chapter 4 - Saving Home; Chapter 5 - The World in the Home; Chapter 6 - (A)way from Home; Chapter 7 - Finding a Place.

Steed Davidson received his Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary, New York. He is an Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley California. His teaching centers on prophetic books, paying attention to ancient empires and responses to empires in the formation of texts.

Empire and Exile offers a lucid analysis of ways in which the book of Jeremiah reveals ancient Judean strategies for cultural survival during the period of Babylonian domination. Deftly deploying insights of Frantz Fanon, Homi Bhabha, Stuart Hall, and other postcolonial theorists, Davidson reads Jeremiah's sign acts, discourses, and biographical narratives as complex responses to the pressures of colonization and dislocation. Fresh and compelling, this work sheds new light on the ambivalences that attend the subaltern's struggle to reconfigure "home" in an imperial context. Empire and Exile is an indispensable resource for readers wishing to explore the intersections of postcolonial criticism and biblical studies. --Carolyn J. Sharp, Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Yale Divinity School

• Chapter 1 - (Dis)locating Location; Chapter 2 - (Dis)locating Interpretations; Chapter 3 - The Book of Jeremiah in Postcolonial Perspective; Chapter 4 - Saving Home; Chapter 5 - The World in the Home; Chapter 6 - (A)way from Home; Chapter 7 - Finding a Place.

Steed Davidson received his Ph.D. from Union Theological Seminary, New York. He is an Assistant Professor of Old Testament at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley California. His teaching centers on prophetic books, paying attention to ancient empires and responses to empires in the formation of texts.

Empire and Exile offers a lucid analysis of ways in which the book of Jeremiah reveals ancient Judean strategies for cultural survival during the period of Babylonian domination. Deftly deploying insights of Frantz Fanon, Homi Bhabha, Stuart Hall, and other postcolonial theorists, Davidson reads Jeremiah's sign acts, discourses, and biographical narratives as complex responses to the pressures of colonization and dislocation. Fresh and compelling, this work sheds new light on the ambivalences that attend the subaltern's struggle to reconfigure "home" in an imperial context. Empire and Exile is an indispensable resource for readers wishing to explore the intersections of postcolonial criticism and biblical studies. --Carolyn J. Sharp, Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures, Yale Divinity School

• Chapter 1 - (Dis)locating Location; Chapter 2 - (Dis)locating Interpretations; Chapter 3 - The Book of Jeremiah in Postcolonial Perspective; Chapter 4 - Saving Home; Chapter 5 - The World in the Home; Chapter 6 - (A)way from Home; Chapter 7 - Finding a Place.