Bible, Gender, and Sexuality: Critical Readings

Rhiannon Graybill is W.J. Millard Professor of Religion and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College, USALynn R. Huber is Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University, USA.

[The Bible, Gender, and Sexuality is] an exemplary workout in awareness of the acute need to listen to others and to read critically in this area of human existence.

• Table of Contents:PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviations Part I: Gender/s in and around Biblical Contexts1. "Reading the Silence of Women in Genesis 34" – Julie Kelso, Bond University, Australia2. "Every Green Tree and the Streets of Jerusalem: Counter Constructions of Gendered Sacred Space" – Steed Vernyl Davidson, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA3. “Gender and Archaeology in Israelite Religion” – Beth Alpert Nakhai, University of Arizona, USA4. “Masculinity and Disability in the Bible” – Thomas Hentrich, Independent Scholar5. “Contextualizing Masculinity in Acts: Peter and Paul as Test Cases” – Brittany E. Wilson, Duke University, USA6. “Discharging Responsibilities: Matthean Jesus, Biblical Law, and Hemorrhaging Woman” – Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University, USA7. Shelly Matthews, “A feminist Analysis of the Veiling Passage (1 Corinthians 11:2–16): Who really cares that Paul was not a Gender Egalitarian after all?” – Shelly Matthews, Brite Divinity School, USA8. “Virginity as Purity in the Protoevangelium of James” – Mary Foskett, Wake Forest University, USAPart II: Sex and Sexualities in and around Biblical Contexts9. “Food, Sex, and the Garden of Eden: Or, What is the Bible About?” – Ken Stone, Chicago Theological Seminary, USa10. “‘That’s Why They Didn’t Call the Book Hadassah!’: The Interse (Ct)/(x) Ionality of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality in the Book of Esther” – Randall C. Bailey, Interdenominational Theological Center, USA11. “Ten Things Every Feminist Should Know about the Song of Songs” – J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield 12. “Un-Straightening Boaz in Ruth Scholarship” – Brett Krutzsch, Haverford College, USA13. “Sexy Stoics and the Rereading of Romans 1.18-2.16” – Diana Swancutt, The Poverty Consortium14. Marchal, Joseph A. “The Usefulness of an Onesimus: The Sexual Use of Slaves and Paul’s Letter to Philemon” – Joseph A. Marchal, Ball State University, USA15. “Cruising as Methodology: Homoeroticism and the Scriptures” – Timothy R. Koch, Independent ScholarPart III: Critiquing Gender and Sexuality16. “Disney’s Pocahontas and Joshua’s Rahab in Postcolonial Perspective” – Lori Rowlett, University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire, USA17. “Violent Superwomen: Super Heroes or Super Villains? Judith, Wonder Woman and Lynndie England” – Emma England, Independent Scholar18. “The Skin of Miriam Became as White as Snow: The Bible, Western Feminism and Colour Politics” – Mukti Barton, The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK19. “Gospel Hauntings: The Postcolonial Demons of New Testament Criticism” – Laura E. Donaldson, Cornell University, USA20. “Outrageous, Audacious, Courageous, Willful: Reading the Enslaved Girl of Acts 11:2” – Margaret Aymer, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA21. “Gazing at the Whore: Reading Revelation Queerly” – Lynn R. Huber, Elon University, USA22. “No Child Left Behind: Reading Jephthah’s Daughter with The Babylon Complex” – Rhiannon Graybill, Rhodes College, USAAnnotated BibliographyIndex