Her Master's Tools?: Feminist And Postcolonial Engagements of Historical-critical DiscourseThis collection of essays, originating in the SBL International Meetings in Berlin (2002) and Cambridge (2003), explores the current reception of historical criticism in feminist biblical studies, pushing the boundaries of past study and opening new vistas for future research. By framing the discussion in the context of the current reevaluation of both historical criticism and feminist exegesis, the contributors highlight the ongoing need to engage methodological issues. In addition, a strong postcolonial emphasis throughout the volume challenges the hegemony of Western biblical interpretation, promoting a format of dialogue and engagement. The collection brings together diverse cultural and geographical perspectives on biblical criticism, with over ten countries represented. Consisting of Western and non-Western perspectives, female and male scholars, junior and senior voices in the field, and a range of feminist scholars situated alongside postcolonial and gender critics, this collection reveals not only the multiplicity of perspectives but also the various transitions in scholarship that have taken place over the past thirty years. Volume contributors include Roland Boer, Athalya Brenner, Ann Graham Brock, Kristin De Troyer, Esther Fuchs, Archie Chi Chung Lee, Joseph Marchal, John Marshall, Hjamil Martinez-Vazquez, Madipoane Masenya (ngwana' Mphahlele), Judith McKinlay, Priscilla Geisterfer Nyvlt, Jorunn Okland, Todd Penner, Vernon Robbins, Susanne Scholz, Hanna Stenstrom, and Caroline Vander Stichele. "Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)." |
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Contents
Mastering the Tools or Retooling the Masters? The Legacy of HistoricalCritical Discourse | 1 |
Unfulfilled Promises and Remaining Possibilities | 31 |
Tandoori Reindeer and the Limitations of Historical Criticism | 47 |
Imagination as a Resource in the Development of Biblical Interpretation | 71 |
Postcolonialism and the Practice of History | 93 |
The Rhetorical FullTurn in Biblical Interpretation and Its Relevance for Feminist Hermeneutics | 109 |
Engaging the DialogueDance between Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza and Vernon Robbins | 129 |
Following Orders Given by Old Joshua | 145 |
On the Absence of Feminist Criticism of EzraNehemiah | 233 |
Scribal Blunder or Textual Plunder? Codex Bezae TextualRhetorical Analysis and the Diminished Role of Women | 253 |
A Feminist Analysis of the Rhetorics of Scholarship Philippians and Current Contexts | 265 |
Paul and the Rhetoric of Gender | 287 |
Why Cant the Heavenly Miss Jerusalem Just Shut Up? | 311 |
Babies and Bathwater on the Road | 333 |
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What Have I to Do with Them? | 159 |
Their Hermeneutics Was Strange Ours Is a Necessity Rereading Vashti as AfricanSouth African Women | 179 |
Reading Lamentations | 195 |
Theory Method and the Book of Ruth | 211 |
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Contributors | 389 |
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| Title | Her Master's Tools?: Feminist And Postcolonial Engagements of Historical-critical Discourse Volume 9 of Global Perspectives on Biblical Scholarship |
| Editors | Caroline Vander Stichele, Todd C. Penner |
| Publisher | BRILL, 2005 |
| ISBN | 9004130527, 9789004130524 |
| Length | 390 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Modern / 18th Century Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory |
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