Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Methods
- Part II Frameworks/Stances
- 8 Jewish Interpretation
- 9 Christian Theological Interpretation
- 10 Liberationist Interpretation
- 11 Postcolonial Interpretation
- 12 Feminist Interpretation
- 13 LGBTI/Queer Interpretation
- 14 Ecological Interpretation
- Part III Reception
- Scripture Index
- General Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
12 - Feminist Interpretation
from Part II - Frameworks/Stances
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2022
Book contents
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Methods
- Part II Frameworks/Stances
- 8 Jewish Interpretation
- 9 Christian Theological Interpretation
- 10 Liberationist Interpretation
- 11 Postcolonial Interpretation
- 12 Feminist Interpretation
- 13 LGBTI/Queer Interpretation
- 14 Ecological Interpretation
- Part III Reception
- Scripture Index
- General Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- References
Summary
This chapter surveys developments in feminist interpretation of the Bible since 1998 and concludes that the impact of feminist interpretation on biblical studies in the early twenty-first century has been highly significant in that scholarly recognition that women figured in every aspect of the biblical world is now unquestioned.
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- The New Cambridge Companion to Biblical Interpretation , pp. 228 - 245Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
References
Further Reading
Bellis, Alice Ogden. Helpmates, Harlots, and Heroes: Women’s Stories in the Hebrew Bible. 2nd ed. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2007.Google Scholar
Meyers, Carol, Craven, Toni, and Kramer, Ross Shepard, eds. Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2001.Google Scholar
Newsom, Carol A., Ringe, Sharon H., and Lapsley, Jaqueline E., eds. Women’s Bible Commentary: Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Revised and Updated. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2012.Google Scholar
Reid, Barbara E. Wisdom’s Feast: An Invitation to Feminist Interpretation of the Scriptures. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016.Google Scholar
Schottroff, Luise, Wacker, Marie-Theres, and Rumscheidt, Martin, eds. Feminist Biblical Interpretation: A Compendium and Critical Commentary on the Books of the Bible and Related Literature. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012.Google Scholar
Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth, ed. Feminist Biblical Studies in the Twentieth Century: Scholarship and Movement. The Bible and Women: An Encyclopedia of Exegesis and Cultural History. Atlanta: SBL Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth. Wisdom Ways: Introducing Feminist Biblical Interpretation. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2001.Google Scholar
Thurston, Bonnie Bowman. Women in the New Testament: Questions and Commentary. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 2004.Google Scholar