{"product_id":"the-power-of-the-word-scripture-and-the-rhetoric-of-empire-9780800638344","title":"The Power of the Word: Scripture and the Rhetoric of Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the purpose of reading the Bible? Elisabeth SchsslerFiorenza tackles the tough question of the Bible's role in theworld today and how its vision can further a more just world. Sheshows particularly the radical power of the Word to challengeimperial ways, the humiliation of persons, and the use of religionitself to keep people down, today as then. Finally, she offers anunderstanding of the implications of such a program for thefield and practice of biblical studies, an indispensable partner inchallenging the status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.06w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780800638344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2009 pg. 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFiorenza, Elisabeth Schussler:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElisabeth Schussler Fiorenza\u003c\/b\u003e is Krister Stendahl Professor at Harvard Divinity School, a founding co-editor of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, past president of the Society of Biblical Literature, and author of many important and influential works, among them \u003ci\u003eIn Memory of Her\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), \u003ci\u003eBread Not Stone\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), \u003ci\u003eJesus: Miriams Child, Sophias Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e (1995), \u003ci\u003eRhetoric and Ethic: The Politics of Biblical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eThe Power of the Word: Scripture and the Rhetoric of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), and \u003ci\u003eDemocratizing Biblical Studies: Toward an Emancipatory Educational Space\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). \u003ci\u003eEmpowering Memory and Movement\u003c\/i\u003e is the third volume in her collected essays from Fortress Press, including \u003ci\u003eTransforming Vision: Explorations in Feminist The*logy\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eChanging Horizons: Explorations in Feminist Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). She is editor of \u003ci\u003eSearching the Scriptures\u003c\/i\u003e (two volumes, 1993, 1994), a feminist introduction and commentary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fortress Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40133731188851,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_7c6290dd-e158-4890-9cb0-2b2d6adfc20d.jpg?v=1654176746","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-power-of-the-word-scripture-and-the-rhetoric-of-empire-9780800638344","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}