Carol Newsom (Editor)
The Women's Bible Commentary
- ISBN 13:
- 9780281072590
- author:
- Carol Newsom (Editor)
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- SPCK
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 684
- Dimensions:
- 15.6 x 3.9 x 23.3 cm
- Genre:
- Religion & Spirituality, Bible, Commentaries
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Women's Bible Commentary provides a comprehensive and thought-provoking exploration of the biblical text from a feminist perspective. This twentieth anniversary edition features revised essays that reflect newer thinking in feminist interpretation and hermeneutics, offering fresh insights into the portrayal of women in the Bible. The commentary comprises commentaries on every book of the Bible, including apocryphal books, as well as essays on reception history, feminist critical method, and the implications of how women are portrayed in biblical texts. The contributors examine gender roles, sexuality, political power, and family life, challenging long-held assumptions and bringing modern critical methods to bear on historical, sociological, anthropological, and literary contexts. By applying these approaches, this commentary illuminates new understandings of the biblical portrayals of women and other marginalized groups, inviting readers to re-evaluate their understanding of the text.
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