Escaping Eden : new feminist perspectives on the Bible / edited by Harold C. Washington, Susan Lochrie Graham, and Pamela Thimmes.

Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©1999.
Description292 pages ; 24 cm
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Other author/creatorWashington, Harold C., 1956-
Other author/creatorGraham, Susan Lochrie.
Other author/creatorThimmes, Pamela Lee.
Other author/creatorSociety of Biblical Literature.
Contents Boundary issues in Genesis 19.1-38 / Lyn M. Bechtel -- The Shemaʹ: a Protestant feminist reading / Carolyn Pressler -- Reading the opening chapter of Luke from a feminist perspective / Joseph Vlcek Kozar -- 'And she wet his feet with her tears': a feminist interpretation of Luke 7.36-50 / Judith K. Applegate -- Why is she crying? A feminist interpretation of Luke 7.36-50 / Teresa J. Hornsby -- An Asian interpretation of Philippians 2.6-11 / Jean K. Kim -- What makes a feminist reading feminist? A qualified answer / Phyllis A. Bird -- What makes a feminist reading feminist? Another perspective / Pamela Thimmes -- Reading the Bible with authority: feminist interrogation of the canon / Mary Ann Tolbert -- Translation happens: a feminist perspective on translation theories / Tina Pippin -- Why The New Testament and Psalms: an inclusive version? / Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr. -- Was it really rape in Genesis 34? Biblical scholarship as a reflection of cultural assumptions / Susanne Scholz -- Jeremiah as female impersonator: roles of difference in gender perception and gender perceptivity / Angela Bauer -- A feminist hermeneutic of 1 Corinthians / Luise Schottroff -- This is my story, this is my song ... : a feminist claim on Scripture, ideology and interpretation / Margaret B. Adam -- 'Creative reverence': a womanist hermeneutics of imagination in Maude Irwin Owens's 'Bathesda of sinners run' / J.A. Craig Edwards -- Patriarchy's middle managers: another handmaid's tale / Susan Lochrie Graham -- What difference does difference make in feminist hermeneutics? A personal essay / Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan -- Marking boundaries inside and outside: the ongoing tasks of feminist hermeneutics / Pamela Thimmes.
General note"Outcome of the research of the feminist theological hermeneutics group of the Society of Biblical Literature"--Introd.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes..
LCCN 98048947
ISBN0814793525
ISBN0814793533 (pbk.)