The Bible, gender, and sexuality: critical readings
"This volume collects the most important and cutting-edge readings related to gender, sex, sexuality and the bible. Engaging the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and surrounding texts and worlds, the selected readings reflect a wide-range of perspectives and approaches. The volume is divided into f...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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| Published: |
London [England]
International Clark
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: The Bible, gender, and sexuality : critical readings] (2023) (Friedl, Johanna Jacoba, 1972 -)
[Rezension von: The Bible, gender, and sexuality : critical readings] (2022) (Wyk, Helen Keith van) |
| Edition: | First edition |
| Series/Journal: | Critical readings
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible
/ Sexuality
/ Gender-specific role
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| IxTheo Classification: | HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Sex
Biblical teaching
B Collection of essays B Gender identity in the Bible B Biblical studies & exegesis B Sex in the Bible B Sex role Biblical teaching B Electronic books B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Volltext (doi) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | "This volume collects the most important and cutting-edge readings related to gender, sex, sexuality and the bible. Engaging the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and surrounding texts and worlds, the selected readings reflect a wide-range of perspectives and approaches. The volume is divided into four parts each of which is introduced by the volume editors in order to situate the readings in their broader scholarly contexts. Finally, an annotated list of further readings points researchers towards further engagements with these key themes"-- Introduction / Lynn R. Huber and Rhiannon Graybill -- Reading the silence of women in Genesis 34 / Julie Kelso -- "Every green tree and the streets of Jerusalem" : counter constructions of gendered sacred space in the book of Jeremiah / Steed Vernyl Davidson -- Gender and archaeology in Israelite religion / Beth Alpert Nakhai -- Masculinity and disability in the Bible / Thomas Hentrich -- Contextualizing masculinity in the books of Acts : Peter and Paul as test cases / Brittany E. Wilson -- Discharging responsibility : Matthean Jesus, biblical law, and hemorrhaging woman / Amy-Jill Levine -- A feminist analysis of the veiling passage (1 Corinthians 11:2-16) : who really cares that Paul was not a gender egalitarian after all? / Shelly Matthews -- Virginity as purity in the Protevangelium of James / Mary F. Foskett -- Food, sex and the Garden of Eden : or, what is the Bible "about?" / Ken Stone -- "That's why they didn't call the book Hadassah!" : the interse(ct)/(x)ionality of race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in the book of Esther / Randall C. Bailey -- Ten things every feminist should know about the Song of Songs / J. Cheryl Exum -- Un-straightening Boaz in Ruth scholarship / Brett Krutzsch -- Sexy Stoics and the rereading of Romans 1:18-2:16 / Diana Swancutt -- The usefulness of an Onesimus : the sexual use of slaves and Paul's Letter to Philemon / Joseph A. Marchal -- Cruising as methodology : homoeroticism and the Scriptures / Timothy R. Koch -- Disney's Pocahontas and Joshua's Rahab in postcolonial perspective / Lori L. Rowlett -- Violent superwomen : super heroes or super villains? Judith, Wonder Woman and Lynndie England / Emma England -- The skin of Miriam became as white as snow : the Bible, Western feminism and colour politics / Mukti Barton -- Gospel hauntings : the postcolonial demons of New Testament criticism / Laura E. Donaldson -- Outrageous, audacious, courageous, willful : reading the enslaved girl of Acts 12 / Margaret Aymer -- Gazing at the whore : reading Revelation queerly / Lynn R. Huber -- No child left behind : reading Jephthah's Daughter with The Babylon complex / Rhiannon Graybill. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 0567677559 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5040/9780567677570 |