Hagar as/against Bare Life
Feminist and womanist theologians and biblical critics have drawn on the story of Hagar to plumb the quality of life for marginalized women, from antiquity to the present. This study advances that conversation by reading Paul's allegory in Galatians against the more complex representation of Ha...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2021]
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Journal of feminist studies in religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 103-121 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Old Testament
/ Hagar, Biblical person
/ Galatians
/ Agamben, Giorgio 1942-, Homo sacer
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society HA Bible |
| Further subjects: | B
Slavery
B Galatians B Bare Life B Hagar B Septuagint |
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| Summary: | Feminist and womanist theologians and biblical critics have drawn on the story of Hagar to plumb the quality of life for marginalized women, from antiquity to the present. This study advances that conversation by reading Paul's allegory in Galatians against the more complex representation of Hagar in the Septuagint, Paul's own scripture. The stripped-down version of Hagar readers encounter in Galatians exemplifies political philosopher Giorgio Agamben's influential concept of “bare life.” The richer story of Hagar's life in the Septuagint illuminates what bare life omits, distorts, or gets wrong about being human. Engagement with the story of Hagar— as mediated through feminist and womanist criticism—thus serves as the basis for critique of one of the most widely circulated secular critical theories of the twenty-first century. |
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| ISSN: | 1553-3913 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of feminist studies in religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2979/jfemistudreli.37.1.07 |