Escaping Eden: New Feminist Perspectives on the Bible

Escaping Eden brings together feminist biblical scholars to explore how aspects of social location such as gender, ethnicity, class, and religious background affect biblical interpretation.
The volume combines feminist reading strategies with sustained methodological inquiry. Writing in a range of modes including historical and literary criticism, cultural studies, satirical fiction, and the personal essay, the contributors challenge the presumed objectivity of conventional biblical scholarship.
Interrogating biblical authority, que(e)rying Jeremiah, exploring translation as a feminist act, and reclaiming texts as diverse as Genesis, Luke, and Philippians, Escaping Eden expands the usual boundaries of biblical academic discourse.

Author: Harold C. Washington
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 03/01/1999
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.20w x 0.67d
ISBN: 9780814793534

About the Author
Washington, Harold C.: - Harold C. Washington is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible, Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri.Graham, Susan Lochrie: -

Susan Lochrie Graham is Staff Tutor, South West Ministry Training Course, and part-time Lecturer in Theology, University of Exeter.
Pamela Thimmes is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton.

Thimmes, Pamela: - Pamela Thimmes is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, University of Dayton.