Introducing a hermeneutics of cispicion : reading Sarah and Esau's gender (failures) beyond cisnormativity / Jo Henderson-Merrygold.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henderson-Merrygold, Jo, author.

Series:

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; volume 739.

Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies ; volume 739

Standardized Title:

Gender diversity in the ancestral narratives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity in the Bible.

Sex role--Biblical teaching.

Sex role.

Sarah (Biblical matriarch).

Sarah.

Esau (Biblical figure).

Esau.

Bible. Genesis, XII-L--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible--Feminist criticism.

Physical Description:

229 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : T&T Clark, 2024.

Summary:

"Jo Henderson-Merrygold challenges cisnormative presuppositions that shape and, at times, occlude the variations in gender and sex exhibited by key characters in the ancestral narrative of Genesis 12-50. It charts the progression from Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics of suspicion, through liberation, feminist and queer approaches. Focusing on Deryn Guest's queer and trans hermeneutics, Henderson-Merrygold then offers a new strategy for reading against fixed, binary gender assumptions, where a character's sex always matches that assigned at birth"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (PhD, University of Sheffield, 2021) under the title: Gender diversity in the ancestral narratives : encountering Sarah & Esau through a hermeneutics of cispicion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Henderson-Merrygold, Jo. Gender diversity in the ancestral narratives Introducing a hermeneutics of cispicion.

ISBN:

9780567713087

0567713083

9780567713124

0567713121

OCLC:

1434181266