Introducing the Women's Hebrew Bible is an up-to-date feminist introduction to the historical, socio-political, and academic developments of feminist biblical scholarship. In the second edition of this popular text Susanne Scholz offers new insights into the diverse field of feminist studies on the Hebrew Bible. Scholz provides a new introductory survey of the history of feminism more broadly, giving context to its rise in biblical studies, before looking at the history and issues as they relate specifically to feminist readings and readers of the Hebrew Bible. Scholz then presents the life and work of several influential feminist scholars of the Bible, outlining their career paths and the characteristics of their work. The volume also outlines how to relate the Bible to sexual violence and feminist postcolonial demands. Two new chapters further delineate recent developments in feminist biblical studies. One chapter addresses the relationship between feminist exegesis and queer theory as well as masculinity studies. Another chapter problematizes the gender discourse as it has emerged in the Christian Right's approaches to the Old Testament.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-08-10
Mått:154 x 234 x 14 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:224
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780567663368

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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Susanne Scholz is Professor of Old Testament at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, USA. She holds a Ph.D. in Old Testament from Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, USA. She has published widely on the intersection of feminist, religion, and the Bible.

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[A] stimulating, thought-provoking, and passionate sample of current and past scholarly voices by an author who clearly cares and who, by pointing to the androcentric aspects of the Bible, reminds readers that the personal is indeed the political.

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PrefaceIntroduction1. From the "Woman's Bible" to the "Women's Bible": The History of Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible 2. A Career As a Feminist Biblical Scholar: Four Stories 3. Gendering the Hebrew Bible: Methodological Considerations 4. Rape, Enslavement and Marriage: Sexual Violence in the Hebrew Bible5. Ruth, Jezebel and Rahab As "Other" Women: Integrating Postcolonial Perspectives6. Denaturalizing the Gender Binary: Queer and Masculinity Studies as Integral to Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics7. Essentializing "Woman": Three Neoliberal Strategies in Christian Right's Interpretations on Women in the Bible8. ConclusionsBibliographyIndex of ReferencesIndex of Authors