The Oxford handbook of New Testament, gender, and sexuality / edited by Benjamin H. Dunning.

Other author Dunning, Benjamin H.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, New York Oxford University Press, [2019]
Descriptionxxv, 706 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford Handbooks Online 2019 Religion
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford Handbooks Online Religion
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SeriesOxford handbooks
Oxford handbooks. ^A611862
Contents List of illustrations -- List of abbreviations -- List of contributors -- New Testament and early Christian literature in the history of gender and sexuality / Benjamin H. Dunning -- Part I. Theory and method -- Feminist Biblical interpretation / Katherine A. Shaner -- Reconstructing women's history in antiquity / Ross S. Kraemer -- Material culture and historical analysis / Laura Salah Nasrallah -- Masculinity studies / Colleen M. Conway -- Queer theory / Stephen D. Moore -- Gender and sexuality in postcolonial perspective / M. Adryael Tong -- Who Is the text? The gendered and racialized New Testament / Yii-Jan Lin -- "She did that!": Female agency in New Testament texts--A womanist response / Shanell T. Smith -- LGBTIQ strategies of interpretation / Joseph A. Marchal -- Posthumanism / Denise Kimber Buell -- Part II. Social and intellectual contexts -- Jewish women's life and practice in the world of the New Testament / Tal Ilan -- Hellenistic philosophy and literature / David E. Fredrickson -- Roman imperial culture / Davina C. Lopez -- Part III Texts -- Jewish literature of the Second Temple Period / Karina Martin Hogan -- Gospels and Acts / Amy-Jill Levine -- Pauline Letters / Jorunn Økland -- General Epistles and Hebrews / Timothy Luckritz Marquis -- Revelation / Lynn R. Huber -- Nag Hammadi and related literature / Anne McGuire -- Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles / Jennifer Eyl -- Part IV. Paradigmatic figures -- Jesus / Karen L. King -- Mary Magdalene / Ann Graham Brock -- Mary, the Mother of Jesus / Mary F. Foskett -- Sophia / Jonathan Cahana-Blum -- Thecla / Ross S. Kraemer -- Part V. Topics -- Leadership roles and early Christian communities / Carolyn Osiek -- Marriage, adultery, and divorce / Jennifer W. Knust -- Procreation, children, and family / Robert H. Von Thaden, Jr. -- Celibacy and virginity / B. Diane Lipsett -- Same-sex relations / Benjamin H. Dunning -- Sexual slander / Susanna Drake -- Violence / Kimberly B. Stratton -- Slavery and sexual availability / Jennifer A. Glancy -- Prostitution / Carly Daniel-Hughes -- Resurrection body / Taylor G. Petrey -- Index
Summary "Over several decades, scholarship in New Testament and early Christianity has drawn attention both to the ways in which ancient Mediterranean conceptions of embodiment, sexual difference, and desire were fundamentally different from modern ones and also to important lines of genealogical connection between the past and the present. The result is that the study of "gender" and "sexuality" in early Christianity has become an increasingly complex undertaking. This is a complexity produced not only by the intricacies of conflicting historical data, but also by historicizing approaches that query the very terms of analysis whereby we inquire into these questions in the first place. Yet at the same time, recent work on these topics has produced a rich and nuanced body of scholarly literature that has contributed substantially to our understanding of early Christian history and also proved relevant to ongoing theological and social debates. The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in the New Testament provides a roadmap to this lively scholarly landscape, introducing both students and other scholars to the relevant problems, debates, and issues. Leading scholars in the field offer original contributions by way of synthesis, critical interrogation, and proposals for future questions, hypotheses, and research trajectories."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019948062
ISBN9780190213398 (hardcover)
ISBN0190213396 (hardcover)
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