ABSTRACT
Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza is without doubt a major figure in the field of feminist biblical hermeneutics. With Judith Plaskow, she is co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion; she has also written a number of books revolving around questions of feminist approaches to biblical interpretation. This chapter outlines Schussler Fiorenza’s historiographical perspectives and methods, isolating and analysing its defining moments. It describes Schussler Fiorenza’s paradigm for historical reconstruction with a view to investigating fruitful shapes for feminist historiographical theory to take. Particular attention is given to the positioning of Schussler Fiorenza’s hermeneutics with respect to current historiographical debates over epistemologies, which focus especially on issues surrounding objectivity, the relationship between historical texts and historical realities, and the extent to which histories are constructed or discovered.
