A Feminist companion to Luke / edited by Amy-Jill Levine with Marianne Blickenstaff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Levine, Amy-Jill, 1956-

Blickenstaff, Marianne

Series:

Feminist companion to the New Testament and early Christian writings ; 3.

Feminist companion to the New Testament and early Christian writings ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Luke--Feminist criticism.

Bible.

Bible. Luke--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Luke.

Women in the Bible.

Feminist criticism.

Physical Description:

xi, 315 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, [2002]

Summary:

The third volume in this series deals with Lukan themes in feminist perspectives. The fourteeen essays from an international authorship cover a range of issues, including Imperial Masculinity, Mary and Asceticism, Martha in the Kitchen and Reading Luke 15 with Arab Chistian Women. The list of contributors includes Robert Karris, Mary Rose D'Angelo, Brigitte Kahl, Turd Karlsen Seim, Barbara Reid, Teresa Hornsby, Ben Witherington III, Esther DeBoer, Veronica Koperski, Loveday Alexander, Warren Carter, Pamela Thimmes, Carol Schersten Lahurd and Maris-Luisa Rigato. The volume also includes an introduction by the editor, and a bibloigraphy.

Contents:

Introduction / Amy-Jill Levine

Women and discipleship in Luke / Robert J. Karris

The ANHP question in Luke-Acts : imperial masculinity and the deployment of women in the early second century / Mary Rose D'Angelo

Reading Luke against Luke : non-uniformity of text, hermeneutics of conspiracy and the 'scriptural principle' in Luke 1 / Brigitte Kahl

The virgin mother : Mary and ascetic discipleship in Luke / Turid Karlsen Seim

'Do you see this woman?' : a liberative look at Luke 7.36-50 and strategies for reading other Lukan stories against the grain / Barbara E. Reid

The woman is a sinner/the sinner is a woman / Teresa J. Hornsby

On the road with Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna, and other disciples

Luke 8.1-3 / Ben Witherington III

The Lukan Mary Magdalene and the other women following Jesus / Esther A. De Boer

Women and discipleship in Luke 10.38-42 and Acts 6.1-7 : the literary context of Luke-Acts / Veronica Koperski

Sisters in adversity : retelling Martha's story / Loveday C. Alexander

Getting Martha out of the kitchen : Luke 10.38-42 again / Warren Carter

The language of community : a cautionary tale (Luke 10.38-42) / Pamela Thimmes

Re-viewing Luke 15 with Arab Christian women / Carol Schersten Lahurd

'"Remember"...then they remembered' : Luke 24.6-8 / Maria-Luisa Rigato.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-299) and indexes.

ISBN:

1841271748

1841273244

OCLC:

50616758