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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798195903321

Autore

Fuchs Esther <1953->

Titolo

Feminist theory and the Bible : interrogating the sources / / Esther Fuchs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-4985-2782-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (161 p.)

Collana

Feminist Studies and Sacred Texts Series

Disciplina

221.6082

Soggetti

Women in the Bible

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible; 2 Biblical Feminisms; 3 The Neoliberal Turn in Feminist Biblical Studies; 4 Jephthah's Daughter; 5 Women as Prophets/Women in Prophets; 6 Intermarriage, Gender, and Nation in the Hebrew Bible; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Primary Texts; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Feminist Theory and the Bible conceptualizes, contextualizes, and maps a new kind of burgeoning scholarship that has emerged in recent decades. The chapters included here consider both the theory and practice of feminist Biblical studies.