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 and feminism.

Bible--Feminist criticism.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Sheffield Academic Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since its origins in the women's liberation movement, feminist exegesis has been subject not only to the demand to identify the oppressive functions of biblical texts, but also to contribute to the liberation of women. What biblical texts can serve this process of liberation - for which women, under what conditions and in what manner? What roles do categories such as woman, gender, liberation, freedom, holy scripture, church and theology play? This work originated from a symposium with feminist biblical experts from over 20 countries from the world's five continents. It provides a striking and

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; List of contributors; 'We Will Know Each Other by Our Fruits': Feminist Exegesis and the Hermeneutics of Liberation; Proverbs 31 in a New Interpretation (A Story Told by Renita Weems, USA); Re-Reading for Liberation: African American Women and the Bible; Helping Each Other to Think (A Series of Propositions in Retrospect by Viola Raheb, Palestine); Some Reflections on Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics for Liberation; Changing Seasons: About the Bible and Other Sacred Texts in Latin America; Joshua 2: Spies Sent to Jericho

Jumping the Fire with Judith: Postcolonial Feminist Hermeneutics of LiberationFeminist Biblical Interpretation and the Hermeneutics of Liberation: An African Woman's Perspective; The Book of Ruth and a Group of Prostitutes in Costa Rica (A Story Told by Irene Foulkes, Costa Rica); Women in Contemporary Palestinian Society: A Contextual Reading of the Book of Ruth; A Secular, Jewish, Feminist Look at the Bible; Highlights: Selected Statements from the Oral Discussions; The Stolen Bible; Freedom, Liberation and Context as Hermeneutical Tasks

The Beautiful Princess and the Village Girls: The Power of Difference in the Intercultural Relations of Feminist TheologiansWomen and War in India (A Historical Event from the Ninth Century Recounted by Stella Baltazar, India); The Sun, the Woman and the Peacock (A Story Told by Stella Baltazar, India); When Women Unite! Celebrate Our Differences as the Cause of Our Unity; The Biblical Hermeneutics of Liberation from the Perspective of Asian Christian Women: Recovering the Liberation-Tradition of Early Christianity in Korea

The Question of Social Location and Postcolonial Feminist Hermeneutics of Liberation

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781281802521

1281802522

9780567227188

0567227189

OCLC:

276358650