Strangely familiar : protofeminist interpretations of patriarchal biblical texts / edited by Nancy Calvert-Koyzis ; Heather E. Weir.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Calvert-Koyzis, Nancy.

Weir, Heather E.

Society of Biblical Literature. Meeting (2008 : Boston, Mass.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity.

Bible. Isaiah--Feminist criticism--Congresses.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Assessing Their Place in History: Female Biblical Interpreters as Protofeminists ""; ""Section 1. Protofeminist Interpreters on Texts of Terror""; ""Reading Hagar�s Story from the Margins: Family Resemblances between Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Female Interpreters""; ""Tamar�s Tale: Elizabeth Hands as a Protofeminist Theologian""; ""Trusting in the God of Their Fathers: A Response to the Articles by Robert Knetsch and Amanda Benckhuysen""; ""The Resurrection of Jephthah�s Daughter: Reading Judges 11 with Nineteenth-Century Women""

""Envying Jephthah�s Daughter: Judges 11 in the Thought of Arcangela Tarabotti (1604�1652)""""Protofeminist Readings of Biblical Texts of Terror: The Need for Critical Analysis""; ""Nineteenth-Century Feminist Responses to the Laws in the Pentateuch""; ""Unhappy Anniversary: Women, Marriage, and the Biblical Law in the Writings of Annie Besant""; ""Divisions and Orientations:A Response to Caroline Blyth andChristiana de Groot""; ""Section 2. Protofeminist Interpretations of Pauline Hierarchical Texts""; ""Antoinette Brown Blackwell: Pioneering Exegete and Congregational Minister""

""Gender, Radicalism, and Female Preaching in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Catherine Booth�s Female Teaching""""Antoinette, Catherine, and Paul: A Response""; ""A Washington Bible Class: The Bloodless Piety of Gail Hamilton""; ""Women in High Places, or Women of Lasting Impact?""; ""Opposing Paul with Paul: Aemilia Lanyer�s Feminine Theology""; ""The Maternity of Paul and the New Community in Christ: A Response to Hilary Elder""; ""From the Mediterranean to America: Lucy Meyer�s Biblical Interpretation and the Deaconess Movement""

""Mary Baker Eddy: Liberating Interpreter of the Pauline Corpus""""Response to Choi and Huff: Paul and Women�s Leadership in American Christianity in the Nineteenth Century""; ""Contributors""; ""Subject Index""; ""Index of Ancient Sources""; ""Index of Authors""

Notes:

Chiefly papers presented by the recovering female interpretation of the Bible consultation at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature held Nov. 21-25, 2008 in Boston, Mass.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-58983-454-2

OCLC:

922968066