Feminist interpretation of the Bible and the hermeneutics of liberation / edited by Silvia Schroer & Sophia Bietenhard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schroer, Silvia, 1958-

Bietenhard, Sophia, 1960-

Series:

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 374.

Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 374

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Feminist criticism.

Bible.

Feminist criticism.

Physical Description:

xx, 178 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, [2003]

Summary:

This collection of essays from different geographical, social and cultural contexts around the world raises the current issues in the field of feminist hermeneutics. This book originated from a symposium with feminist biblical experts from over twenty countries from the world's five continents.

Contents:

'We Will Know Each Other by Our Fruits': Feminist Exegesis and the Hermeneutics of Liberation / Silvia Schroer 1

Proverbs 31 in a New Interpretation: A Story / Renita Weems 18

Re-Reading for Liberation: African American Women and the Bible / Renita J. Weems 19

Helping Each Other to Think: A Series of Propositions in Retrospect / Viola Raheb 33

Some Reflections on Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics for Liberation / Adele Reinhartz, Marie-Theres Wacker 34

Changing Seasons: About the Bible and Other Sacred Texts in Latin America / Nancy Cardoso Pereira 48

Joshua 2: Spies Sent to Jericho 59

Jumping the Fire with Judith: Postcolonial Feminist Hermeneutics of Liberation / Musa W. Dube 60

Feminist Biblical Interpretation and the Hermeneutics of Liberation: An African Woman's Perspective / Philomena Njeri Mwaura 77

The Book of Ruth and a Group of Prostitutes in Costa Rica: A Story / Irene Foulkes 86

Women in Contemporary Palestinian Society: A Contextual Reading of the Book of Ruth / Viola Raheb 88

A Secular, Jewish, Feminist Look at the Bible / Tal Ilan 94

Highlights: Selected Statements from the Oral Discussions 103

The Stolen Bible / Elzbieta Adamiak 117

Freedom, Liberation and Context as Hermeneutical Tasks / Sophia Bietenhard 126

The Beautiful Princess and the Village Girls: The Power of Difference in the Intercultural Relations of Feminist Theologians / Heike Walz 137

Women and War in India: A Historical Event from the Ninth Century / Recounted by Stella Baltazar 153

The Sun, the Woman and the Peacock: A Story / Stella Baltazar 154

When Women Unite! Celebrate Our Differences as the Cause of Our Unity / Stella Baltazar 155

The Biblical Hermeneutics of Liberation from the Perspective of Asian Christian Women: Recovering the Liberation-Tradition of Early Christianity in Korea / Kyung Sook Lee 164

The Question of Social Location and Postcolonial Feminist Hermeneutics of Liberation / Yak-Hwee Tan 171.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0826466893

0567083721

OCLC:

52092009