| Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains Contributor(s): Isherwood, Lisa (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1845531310 ISBN-13: 9781845531317 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2007 Annotation: This book takes as a starting point the hermeneutics of suspicion, throws in queer theory, and blazes like a meteor. It was conceived as a book that would be of use to students who need to read different perspectives and as a challenge to those who wish to use close readings as a power base for hierarchies of exclusion. It does both these rather diverse things, as it is written by scholars in an accessible way which makes it very difficult to dodge the issues they are questioning - there is no place to hide from these persuasive articles. This title is the first in the series Gender, Theology and Spirituality. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation - General - Religion | Biblical Studies - Exegesis & Hermeneutics |
| Dewey: 220.6 |
| LCCN: 2005037992 |
| Series: Gender, Theology and Spirituality |
| Physical Information: 0.53" H x 6.34" W x 9.18" (0.80 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |