This volume is an engaging and provocative introduction to Feminist Biblical Studies. The authors draw upon their own social, cultural and religious backgrounds and experiences in reading the New Testament as feminists in the context of globalization. They provide intentional interpretations of biblical texts that cast gender, race, class and power relationships as issues inherent in both the content and context of scripture and its interpretation. The essays call into question feminist social engagement that does not extend beyond academic halls, churches and Christians, suggesting directions for future research and teaching in Feminist Biblical Studies.

"The contributors to this volume provide us with valuable resources and models to help students envision biblical studies in a critical and ethically responsible way. They carefully assess biblical studies and its relationship to women in all cultural contexts around the world and also dare to offer new interpretations for all of us." - Daniel Patte, Vanderbilt University, author of Ethics of Biblical Interpretation and general editor of Global Bible Commentary.

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Isabel Balseiro Sheila Briggs Gay L. Byron Elizabeth A. Castelli Noelle Champagne Elizabeth Conde-Frazier Lincoln E. Galloway Sonya Y. Gravlee Holly Hight Erin Jacklin Hisako Kinukawa Zhiru Ng Filiberto Nolasso Prinny Perelman Rosemary Radford Ruether Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza Lydia Sohn Afda Besanton Spencer Karen Jo Torjesen Katrina Van Heest Vincent L. Wimbush

Klappentext

This volume is an engaging and provocative collection of essays on contemporary feminist biblical studies. Drawing upon their own social, cultural, and religious backgrounds and experiences, contributors read the New Testament as feminists, placing it in the context of globalization. These biblical interpretations cast gender, race, class, and power relationships as issues inherent in both the content and context of scripture. Calling into question feminist social engagement that does not extend beyond academic halls, churches, and Christians, Feminist New Testament Studies offers new directions for future research and teaching in feminist biblical studies.

Inhalt
Acknowledgments; K.O'Brien Wicker Introduction; A.Spencer-Miller Conversation I: Europe & North America The Power of the Word: Charting Critical Global Feminist New Testament Studies; E.Schussler Fiorenza Globalization, Transnational Feminisms, and the Future of Biblical Critique; E.Castelli Response; S.Briggs The Challenge of `Blackness' for Rearticulating the Meaning of Global Feminist New Testament Interpretation; G. L. Byron Response: Paradoxes of Positionality: The Key to Feminist New Testament Studies; K.J. Torjesen Reflections on Conversation I; S.Gravlee, E.Jacklin, P.Perelman Conversation II: Asia & Latin America My Journey as a Latin American Feminist New Testament Scholar; A.B. Spencer Response; E.C.Frazier Biblical Studies in the 21st Century: A Japanese/Asian Feminist Glimpse; H.Kinukawa Response; Z.Ng Feminist Theologies in Latin America; R.Radford Ruether Reflections on Conversation II; H.Hight, L.Sohn Conversation III: Africa & the Diaspora Rahab is Hanging Out a Red Ribbon: One African Woman's Perspective on the Future of Feminist New Testament Scholarship; M.W. Dube Response: From Scarlet Cord to Red Ribbon: A Perilous Passage; I.Balseiro Lucy Bailey Meets the Feminists; A.Spencer-Miller Response; L.E.Galloway Signifying on Scriptures: An African Diaspora Proposal for Radical Readings; L.Wimbush Reflections on Conversation III; N.Champagne, F.Nolasco, & K.Van Heest