Sex working and the Bible / Avaren Ipsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ipsen, Avaren.

Series:

Bible world.

Bible world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Prostitution--Biblical teaching.

Prostitution.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 237 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Bible contains many stories of prostitution. Feminist and liberation readings of these biblical narratives have often made sex workers invisible. Sex Working and the Bible examines stories of biblical prostitution through the experiences and understanding of sex workers today. The Bible narratives - ranging across Rahab in the Book of Joshua, the story of Solomon and the two prostitutes, the anointing women traditions, and the apocalyptic vision of the whore of Babylon in Revelation - are set within both a practical and theoretical framework. This radical book offers a new, more inclusive way of approaching issues of gender, sexuality and prostitution in the Bible.

Contents:

Introduction

Methodological and political analysis : a preferential option for prostitutes?

Rahab's deal

Solomon and the two prostitutes

Anointing woman : "in memory of her" : the prequel

The whore Babylon : violence against prostitutes

Conclusions: Amendments to liberation hermeneutics.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-231) and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49066-5

1-315-71101-X

1-322-50975-1

1-317-49067-3

1-84553-766-1

9781315711010

OCLC:

898771518