In the last few years, Derrida has gained a great deal of attention from scholars of biblical studies and theology. The contributors to Derrida's Bible explore the relationships between Derrida, theory, and religious studies. Unlike other books on Derrida, this collection is primarily focused on biblical studies, where others are concerned with Derrida and religion in general.

Come What May: Derrida's Hospitality to the Bible; Y.Sherwood Of Secretaries, Secrets, and Scrolls: Jeremiah 26 and the Irritating Word of God; M.Brummitt Between Genealogy and Virgin Birth; L.Danes Postcards From the (Canon's) Edge; R.P.Seesengood Erasing Amalek: Derrida and Biblical Tradition on How to Remember to Forget; B.Britt The Missing/Mystical Messiah: Melchizedek Among the Spectres of Genesis 14 Jerusalem and Memory; D.Jobling Shibboleth and the Making of Culture; F.M.Yamada The Making and Unmaking of Jewish Identity in Israel and the Book of Esther; D.Slivniak Triangulating Responsibility; R.C.Heard Death at the Gate: Who Let Him In?; M.Turner Derrida on Bartleby as Kierkegaard's Abraham; O.Eisenstadt Justice as Gift; T.Jennings, Jr. Mysterium Tremendum and What Lies Beneath; A.Wilson Over Sarah's (Dead) Body; Y.Sherwood Decomposing Qohelet; J.Koosed The End of the World; F.Landy Responses: John Barton, John D. Caputo, Mary-Jane Rubinstein

Elizabeth A. Castelli is Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University, USA.