Pericopes in the Present: Gender, Water, and Flows of Blood in and Beyond Mark 5
This essay considers polyvalent meanings of fresh water and the gendered dynamics of menstrual blood and porous, gendered bodies in the history of interpretation of Mark 5:24–35. Drawing upon a hydrosocial, anti-colonial, intersectional feminist hermeneutic, this essay articulates intersections amon...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Interpretation
Year: 2024, Volume: 78, Issue: 1, Pages: 38-50 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mark
/ Theological ethics
/ Fresh water
/ Hygiene
/ Menstruation
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| IxTheo Classification: | FD Contextual theology HC New Testament NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Water
B Anti-colonial Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics B Theological Ethics B Hemorrhaging Woman B Hydrosociality B Mark 5 B Hygiene and Menstruation B Sanitation B Fresh Waters |
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| Summary: | This essay considers polyvalent meanings of fresh water and the gendered dynamics of menstrual blood and porous, gendered bodies in the history of interpretation of Mark 5:24–35. Drawing upon a hydrosocial, anti-colonial, intersectional feminist hermeneutic, this essay articulates intersections among the uneven contemporary menstrual burdens associated with insufficient fresh water supply, indicates how gendered and racialized medicine and public health figure into these dynamics, and offers a robust alternative to the dominant history of biblical interpretation usually applied to the Mark 5 pericope of the hemorrhaging woman. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-340X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Interpretation
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00209643231201999 |