God, gender, and the Bible /
Deborah Sawyer discusses this crucial yet unresolved question in the context of contemporary and postmodern ideas about gender and power, based on fresh examination of a number of texts from Hebrew and Christian scripture. Such texts offer striking parallels to contemporary gender theories (particul...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
2002.
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Colección: | Biblical limits.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Deborah Sawyer discusses this crucial yet unresolved question in the context of contemporary and postmodern ideas about gender and power, based on fresh examination of a number of texts from Hebrew and Christian scripture. Such texts offer striking parallels to contemporary gender theories (particularly those of Luce Irigaray and Judith Butler), which have unravelled given notions of power and constructed identity. Through the study of gender in terms of its application by biblical writers as a theological strategy, we can observe how these writers use female characters to undermine human masc. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 184 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-171) and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780203995303 0203995309 |