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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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Romans through history and cultures |
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Romans through history and cultures series.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Gender, tradition and Romans: shared ground, uncertain borders / Cristina Grenholm and Daniel Patte -- pt. I: Mapping traditions in Romans -- Feminists and Paul in Romans 8:18-23: toward a theology of creation / Sheila E. McGinn -- Judging and community in Romans: an action within the boundaries / Yak-hwee Tan -- Cross-tradition and cross-gender hermeneutics: a Confucian reading of Romans and a critical reading of Confucian ethics / Yeo Khiok-khng -- Feminism and the ambiguities of texts and reality: a response to Sheila McGinn and Yak-hwee Tan / Cristina Grenholm |
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pt. II: Challenging gendered traditions in Romans and its interpretations -- Remedy for having been born of woman: Jesus, Gentiles, and genealogy in Romans / Pamela Eisenbaum -- Gendered sinner in Romans 1-7 / Teresa J. Hornsby -- Gender and ideology critique in the study of Paul's Letter to the Romans: a response to Pamela Eisenbaum and Teresa J. Hornsby / Elizabeth A. Castelli -- pt. III: Gender and the authority of Romans -- Choices of interpretations regarding gender and the authority of Romans / Cristina Grenholm and Daniel Patte -- History, theology, and context: the analysis of Romans in Bernadette Brooten's Love between women and Francis Watson's Agape, eros, and gender / Elizabeth A. Clark |
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Patriarchy and heterosexual eroticism: the question in Romans and Corinthians / David W. Odell-Scott -- New perspectives on Paul: no new perspectives on Romans in feminist theology? / Kathy Ehrensperger -- pt. IV: Conclusions -- Scriptural criticism and feminist interpretation of Romans / Cynthia Briggs Kittredge -- Scriptural criticism and religious perception / Sarah Heaner Lancaster |
| Summary |
From a gender perspective, Romans differs from many biblical texts. It contains few explicit mentions of gender, no household code and it has been understood as promoting universalism.€This volume joins several feminist commentators in showing how crucial Romans is for understanding Paul's view of gender.€. Divided into three parts: mapping traditions in Romans, challenging gendered traditions in Romans, and gender and the authority of Romans, the concluding essays€ask: Does scriptural criticism really do justice to feminist concerns? Both avenues and obstacles for feminist scho |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Paulus (Apostel). Römerbrief. swd |
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Bible. Romans -- Feminist criticism
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Bible. Romans fast |
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters.
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Feminist criticism
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Feministische Theologie
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Grenholm, Cristina
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Patte, Daniel
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| ISBN |
9780567496737 |
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0567496732 |
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1283200082 |
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9781283200080 |
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9786613200082 |
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6613200085 |
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