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Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains

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Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains book

Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains

DOI link for Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains

Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains book

Edited ByLisa Isherwood
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2007
eBook Published 8 April 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315539317
Pages 224 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315539317
SubjectsHumanities, Language & Literature
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Isherwood, L. (Ed.). (2007). Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315539317

Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains takes as a starting point the hermeneutics of suspicion. The book illustrates the way in which texts and interpretations have been manipulated for the purpose of power and control. Through careful-counter readings it challenges the ways in which the female divine has been pushed back by relentless male interpretation and misrepresentation. The essays range across liberation theology and queer theory to sexual hospitality and the 'Song of Songs' as a challenge to hetero-patriarchy. The book provides an accessible resource for any student interested in the ways in which narrow readings of Scripture can become a power base for hierarchies of exclusion.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |21 pages

ASPHODEL LONG Asherah, the Tree of Life and the Menorah: Continuity of a Goddess Symbol in Judaism?

chapter |15 pages

CAROL P. CHRIST The Road Not Taken: The Rejection of Goddesses in Judaism and Christianity

chapter |13 pages

RUTH MANTIN ‘Dealing with a Jealous God’: Letting go of Monotheism and ‘Doing’ Sacrality

chapter |19 pages

DOMINIQUE OLNEY The ‘Torafaction’ of Wisdom in Ben Sira

chapter |16 pages

SARAH ROGERS Sarah: Villain or Patriarchal Pawn?

chapter |16 pages

GRAHAM HARVEY Huldah’s Scroll: A Pagan Reading

chapter |9 pages

KEN STONE ‘You Seduced Me, You Overpowered Me, and You Prevailed’: Religious Experience and Homoerotic Sadomasochism in Jeremiah

chapter |18 pages

JANET WOOTTON The Monstrosity of David

chapter |13 pages

MARCELLA MARÍA ALTHAUS-REID Searching for a Queer Sophia-Wisdom: The Post-Colonial Rahab

chapter |8 pages

DANIEL E. COHEN Taste and See; A Midrash on Genesis 3:6 and 3:12

chapter |8 pages

LISA ISHERWOOD ‘Eat, Friends, Drink. Be Drunk With Love’ [Song of Songs 5:2]. A Reflection

chapter |26 pages

THALIA GUR-KLEIN Sexual Hospitality in the Hebrew Bible: Patriarchal Lineage or Matriarchal Rebellion?

chapter |25 pages

K. RENATO LINGS Culture Clash in Sodom: Patriarchal Tales of Heroes, Villains and Manipulation

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