God, Gender and the Bible

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-17484-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 252 g

Reihe: Biblical Limits

Deborah 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 masculinity, through their 'higher' intention to elevate the biblical God. God Gender and the Bible demonstrates that both maleness and femaleness are constructed in the light of divine omnipotence. Unlike many approaches to the Bible that offer hegemonist interpretations, such as those that are explicitly Christian or Jewish, or liberationist or feminist, this enlightening and readable study sustains and works with the inconsistencies evident in biblical literature.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sawyer, Deborah

Gunn, David

Philips, Gary. A

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie, Vergleichende Mythologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Preliminary Observations; Chapter 2 Setting the Boundaries; Chapter 3 Testing The Boundaries; Chapter 4 Breaking the Boundaries; Chapter 5 Crossing the Boundaries; Chapter 6 Reconfiguring the Boundaries; Chapter 7 Last Things;

Über Autor(innen)

Deborah F. Sawyer is Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. Her recent publications include Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries (Routledge 1996) and (co-edited)Is There A Future For Feminist Theology? (1999)