Biblical studies alternatively : an introductory reader / [compiled by] Susanne Scholz.
| Other author | Scholz, Susanne, 1963- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, ©2003. |
| Description | xxvi, 416 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | pt. I. Introductory matters -- The great gulf between scholars and the pew / Michael D. Coogan -- Life in the crypt or why bother with Biblical studies / Mark Coleridge -- The Author/Text/Reader and power: suggestions for a critical framework for Biblical studies / Gale A. Yee -- Biblical interpretation and the social location of the interpreter: African women's reading of the Bible / Mercy Amba Oduyoye -- pt. II. The rhetoric of gender -- 1. The Bible and feminism -- American women and the bible: the nature of woman as a hermeneutical issue / Carolyn De Swarte Gifford -- What makes a feminist reading feminist: a qualified answer / Phyllis A. Bird -- What makes a feminist reading feminist: another perspective / Pamela Thimmes -- 2. The first woman and man as a gender issue -- On the creation of man and woman in Genesis 1-3: the history and reception of the texts reconsidered / Helen Schungel-Straumann -- Eve and Adam: Genesis 2-3 reread / Phyllis Trible -- Not a jot, not a tittle: Genesis 2-3 after twenty years / Phyllis Trible -- Epilogue: the coming of Lilith / Judith Plaskow -- Lilith revisited / Judith Plaskow -- 3. Mary Magdalene and other women disciples -- How Mary Magdalene became a whore / Jane Schaberg -- Presence or absence: the question of women disciples at the last supper / Dorothy A. Lee -- 4. The issue of heterosexism -- Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19:1-29) on the internet / Susanne Scholz -- The Biblical prohibition of homosexual intercourse (Lev. 18:22; 20:13) / Martin S. Cohen -- Patristic interpretations of Rom. 1:26 / Bernadette J. Brooten. |
| Contents | pt. III. The rhetoric or race/ethnicity -- 1. A Baptismal formula for racial and ethnic justice -- Neither Jew nor Greek: ethnic conflict in Graeco-Roman society / Christopher D. Stanley -- The praxis of coequal discipleship / Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza -- 2. The dispute about slavery in America -- The Biblical anti-slavery argument of the decade 1830-1840 / Caroline L Shanks -- The curse that never was (Genesis 9:18-27) / Gene Rice -- House readings and field readings: the discourse of slavery and Biblical/cultural studies / Jennifer A. Glancy -- 3. Ethnic perspectives on the Bible -- Reading texts through worlds, worlds through texts / Vincent L Wimbush -- Developments in Biblical interpretation in Africa: historical and hermeneutical directions / Justin S. Ukpong -- Life in the midst of death: Naomi, Ruth and the plight of indigenous women / Dalila Nayap-pot -- 4. Christian anti-Judaism and Biblical interpretation -- The challenge of Hebrew scriptures in Jewish-Christian relations / Arthur E. Zannoni -- The New Testament: confronting its impact on Jewish-Christian relations / Michael Cook. |
| Contents | pt. IV. The rhetoric of class -- 1. God and the option for the poor -- Good news for the poor / Elsa Tamez -- The Biblical God from the perspective of the poor / Jerry Itumeleng Mosala -- 2. Economic justice as a Biblical concern -- Dangerous waters of justice and righteousness: Amos 5:18-27 / Jon L. Berquist -- Poverty and punishment in the Book of Proverbs / James L. Crenshaw -- Human solidarity and the goodness of God: the parable of the workers in the vineyard / Luise Schottroff -- Creation of new meaning: rhetorical situations and the reception of Romans 13:1-7 / Jan Botha -- 3. Liberation and oppression in the Book of Exodus -- A Latin American perspective: the option for the poor in the Old Testament / George V. Pixley -- A Palestinian perspective: the Bible and liberation / Naim Stifan Ateek -- A Native American perspective: Canaanites, cowboys, and Indians / Robert Allen Warrior. |
| Abstract | Interprets biblical texts in light of their multiple, indeterminate, and infinite meanings, illuminating the dynamics between the Bible, readers, and the world. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2002042534 |
| ISBN | 013045429X |
| ISBN | 9780130454294 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BS521.88 .B53 2003 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |