Breaking Boundaries: Female Biblical Interpreters Who Challenged the Status Quo Contributor(s): Calvert-Koyzis, Nancy (Editor), Weir, Heather (Editor), Mein, Andrew (Editor) |
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ISBN: 056737503X ISBN-13: 9780567375032 Publisher: T&T Clark OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - Old Testament - Religion | Biblical Studies - Old Testament - General |
Dewey: 230.082 |
Series: Library Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.70 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Publisher Description: While people often believe that the feminist movements in Britain and North America began in the late twentieth century, this is certainly not the case. Women throughout the centuries have sought to break out of the constraints that their societies deemed appropriate for them. For interpreters in the Christian tradition, this often meant examining biblical texts that had been understood in ways that demeaned women and using their interpretations to encourage women to break out of their culturally proscribed spheres. The essays in this volume are drawn from the Recovering Female Interpreters of the Bible Consultation at the SBL Annual Meeting and from sessions on female interpreters of Scripture at the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies. The essays address female interpreters of the Bible such as Eudocia and Anna Jameson whose publications have been largely ignored in the fields of the history of biblical interpretation and reception history. Through their publications these women used their interpretive and theological skills to break the boundaries that previous interpretations of the Bible and their societies imposed upon them. |
Contributor Bio(s): Camp, Claudia V.: - Claudia V. Camp is Professor of Religion at Texas Christian University, USA and was on the steering committee of the Seminar. She is currently co-general editor of the LHBOTS series, as well as the author or editor of 4 books and numerous articles.Mein, Andrew: - Andrew Mein is Tutor in Old Testament, Westcott House, Cambridge. |