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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782238403321

Autore

Schroer Silvia

Titolo

Feminist Interpretation of the Bible [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2004

ISBN

1-281-80252-2

0-567-22718-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

BietenhardSophia

Disciplina

220.6

220.6/088042

Soggetti

Bible -- Feminist criticism

Bible and feminism

Religion

Christianity

Philosophy & Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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