Claiming Her Dignity : Female Resistance in the Old Testament /

To be human means to resist dehumanization. In the darkest periods of human history, men and women have risen up and in many different voices said this one thing: "Do not treat me like this. Treat me like the human being that I am." Claiming Her Dignity explores a number of stories from th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Claassens, L. Juliana M., 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, Michael Glazier Book, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Bible > Feminist criticism
Bible. > Old Testament.
Bible. > Old Testament > Feminist criticism.
Violence in the Bible
Women in the Bible
Women in the Bible.
Violence in the Bible.
Feminist criticism.
RELIGION > Sexuality & Gender Studies.
RELIGION > Religion, Politics & State.
RELIGION > Biblical Criticism & Interpretation > Old Testament.
Violence dans la Bible.
Femmes dans la Bible.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Resisting the violence of war. Understanding collective violence
  • Rizpah's lament (2 Samuel 21)
  • Abigail's hospitality (1 Samuel 25)
  • Rizpahs and Abigails of "these modern days"
  • Resisting the violence of rape. The terrorizing reality of rape
  • Tamar's cry (2 Samuel 13)
  • Susanna's prayer
  • A world without rape
  • Resisting the violence of patriarchy heterarchy. From patriarchy to heterarchy
  • The Daughter of Jephthah's elegy (Judges 11)
  • The daughters of Zelophehad's resolve (Numbers 27)
  • Smashing patriarchy?
  • Resisting the violence of precarity. Pverty as the worst form of violence
  • Hagar's tears (Genesis 16, 21)/Sarah's laughter (Genesis 18, 21)
  • Ruth, Naomi, and Tamar's resilience
  • Transforming narratives, transforming communities
  • Conclusion. Telling stories
  • Memory
  • Salvation
  • Agency
  • Complexity
  • Hope
  • Postscript.

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