ABSTRACT
It is perhaps stating the obvious to claim that the 'very speed of development of feminist criticism has scarcely given it time to reflect. . . ', 1 but Sally Minogue's description of the intellectual maelstrom within which feminist criticism is struggling to furnish an identifiable voice draws attention to a clearly definable need. Feminists-and others-need answers to these questions: 'Why is it so difficult to "do" feminist biblical criticism today?' and 'What is the way forward for feminist biblical scholarship?' 2 In this study I aim to suggest answers to both those questions, by analysing factors that handicap practitioners of feminist biblical criticism and by exploring possible avenues through which feminists may professionally practise critical analysis of biblical texts
