Feminist Interpretation of the Bible, Volume 10Letty M. Russell This book is the result of a collaborative effort on the part of a group of outstanding theologians, historians, and biblical scholars within the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature. Clarifying for themselves and others the distinctive character of feminist interpretation, they continue the process of liberating the word that concerns the whole church. |
Contents
CONTRIBUTORS | 7 |
Feminist Consciousness in Historical Perspective | 21 |
The Emergence of Black Feminist Consciousness | 30 |
Feminist Consciousness and the Interpretation | 41 |
Feminist Uses of Biblical Materials | 55 |
A Gentile Womans Story | 65 |
A Familiar Figure Reconsidered | 73 |
Female Sexual Imagery | 86 |
Common terms and phrases
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