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Writing the Wrongs: Women of the Old Testament among Biblical Commentators from Philo through the Reformation (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology)

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
9780195137361, 9781423726753, 0195137361
Open Library ID
OL17017674M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20894468 bytes)
Pages
304\305
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Phyllis Trible's Texts of Terror is a landmark among those studying women of the Bible. Focusing on stories of the maltreatment of women, Trible paved the way for subsequent feminist exegetes who have been very critical of such stories in the Bible, and who see Christianity as an unredeemably patriarchal religion. It is commonly said that these Old Testament stories of rape, murder, torture, and abandonment passed without comment until recent times. Here, Thompson traces and analyzes various Christian interpretations of these bible stories of women. In drawing attention to views other than Texts of Terror, Thompson speaks to Christians who are battling over how the Bible ought to be read today.

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