03319oam 2200709I 450 991045079260332120200520144314.01-134-68639-01-280-11342-10-203-99530-910.4324/9780203995303 (CKB)1000000000250391(EBL)241902(OCoLC)431464198(SSID)ssj0000164126(PQKBManifestationID)11162824(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164126(PQKBWorkID)10121018(PQKB)10142283(SSID)ssj0000297738(PQKBManifestationID)11223433(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297738(PQKBWorkID)10343987(PQKB)11308534(MiAaPQ)EBC241902(Au-PeEL)EBL241902(CaPaEBR)ebr10099371(CaONFJC)MIL11342(OCoLC)60799764(EXLCZ)99100000000025039120180331d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGod, gender and the Bible /Deborah F. SawyerLondon ;New York :Routledge,2002.1 online resource (193 p.)Biblical limitsDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-17484-8 0-415-17483-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-171) and indexes.GOD, GENDER AND THE BIBLE; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Preliminary Observations; 2 Setting The Boundaries; Creation; Law; Wisdom; 3 Testing The Boundaries; Picking Up The Pieces; Laws Are Made To Be Broken; Abraham - The Mimetic Patriarch; Judah - Hypocrite Or Victim?; 4 Breaking The Boundaries; Judges; Ruth; 5 Crossing The Boundaries; Judith; Gospel Traditions; 6 Reconfiguring The Boundaries; Fatherhood - Divine And Human; Childhood In The Deusfamilias Vs. Paterfamilias; Oneness And Eternal Innocence; 7 Last Things; Gender-Bending As An Eschatological 'Tool'Working With The ExceptionalBibliography; Subject and Author Index; Index of TextsDeborah Sawyer discusses this crucial yet unresolved question in the context of contemporary and postmodern ideas about gender and power, based on fresh examination of a number of texts from Hebrew and Christian scripture. Such texts offer striking parallels to contemporary gender theories (particularly those of Luce Irigaray and Judith Butler), which have unravelled given notions of power and constructed identity. Through the study of gender in terms of its application by biblical writers as a theological strategy, we can observe how these writers use female characters to undermine human mascBiblical limits.Sex roleBiblical teachingGodOmnipotenceBiblical teachingElectronic books.Sex roleBiblical teaching.GodOmnipotenceBiblical teaching.220.8/3053Sawyer Deborah F.1956,992347MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450792603321God, gender and the Bible2276010UNINA