Overview

This volume collects both classic and cutting-edge readings related to gender, sex, sexuality, and the Bible. Engaging the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and surrounding texts and worlds, Rhiannon Graybill and Lynn R. Huber have amassed a selection of essays that reflects a wide range of perspectives and approaches towards gender and sexuality. Presented in three distinct parts, the collection begins with an examination of gender in and around biblical contexts, before moving to discussing sex and sexualities, and finally critiques of gender and sexuality. Each reading is introduced by the editors in order to situate it in its broader scholarly context, and each section culminates in an annotated list of further readings to point researchers towards other engagements with these key themes.

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Author:   Dr. Lynn R. Huber (Elon University, North Carolina, USA) ,  Dr Rhiannon Graybill (Rhodes College, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   T.& T.Clark Ltd
Weight:   0.821kg
ISBN:  

9780567677556

ISBN 10:   0567677559
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   01 October 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Table of Contents: Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations Part I: Gender/s in and around Biblical Contexts 1. ""Reading the Silence of Women in Genesis 34"" – Julie Kelso, Bond University, Australia 2. ""Every Green Tree and the Streets of Jerusalem: Counter Constructions of Gendered Sacred Space"" – Steed Vernyl Davidson, McCormick Theological Seminary, USA 3. “Gender and Archaeology in Israelite Religion” – Beth Alpert Nakhai, University of Arizona, USA 4. “Masculinity and Disability in the Bible” – Thomas Hentrich, Independent Scholar 5. “Contextualizing Masculinity in Acts: Peter and Paul as Test Cases” – Brittany E. Wilson, Duke University, USA 6. “Discharging Responsibilities: Matthean Jesus, Biblical Law, and Hemorrhaging Woman” – Amy-Jill Levine, Vanderbilt University, USA 7. Shelly Matthews, “A feminist Analysis of the Veiling Passage (1 Corinthians 11:2–16): Who really cares that Paul was not a Gender Egalitarian after all?” – Shelly Matthews, Brite Divinity School, USA 8. “Virginity as Purity in the Protoevangelium of James” – Mary Foskett, Wake Forest University, USA Part II: Sex and Sexualities in and around Biblical Contexts 9. “Food, Sex, and the Garden of Eden: Or, What is the Bible About?” – Ken Stone, Chicago Theological Seminary, USa 10. “‘That’s Why They Didn’t Call the Book Hadassah!’: The Interse (Ct)/(x) Ionality of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality in the Book of Esther” – Randall C. Bailey, Interdenominational Theological Center, USA 11. “Ten Things Every Feminist Should Know about the Song of Songs” – J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield 12. “Un-Straightening Boaz in Ruth Scholarship” – Brett Krutzsch, Haverford College, USA 13. “Sexy Stoics and the Rereading of Romans 1.18-2.16” – Diana Swancutt, The Poverty Consortium 14. Marchal, Joseph A. “The Usefulness of an Onesimus: The Sexual Use of Slaves and Paul’s Letter to Philemon” – Joseph A. Marchal, Ball State University, USA 15. “Cruising as Methodology: Homoeroticism and the Scriptures” – Timothy R. Koch, Independent Scholar Part III: Critiquing Gender and Sexuality 16. “Disney’s Pocahontas and Joshua’s Rahab in Postcolonial Perspective” – Lori Rowlett, University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire, USA 17. “Violent Superwomen: Super Heroes or Super Villains? Judith, Wonder Woman and Lynndie England” – Emma England, Independent Scholar 18. “The Skin of Miriam Became as White as Snow: The Bible, Western Feminism and Colour Politics” – Mukti Barton, The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, UK 19. “Gospel Hauntings: The Postcolonial Demons of New Testament Criticism” – Laura E. Donaldson, Cornell University, USA 20. “Outrageous, Audacious, Courageous, Willful: Reading the Enslaved Girl of Acts 11:2” – Margaret Aymer, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, USA 21. “Gazing at the Whore: Reading Revelation Queerly” – Lynn R. Huber, Elon University, USA 22. “No Child Left Behind: Reading Jephthah’s Daughter with The Babylon Complex” – Rhiannon Graybill, Rhodes College, USA Annotated Bibliography Index"

Reviews

This volume offers a treasure trove of inspiring and groundbreaking scholarship. Each contributor reminds us that biblical studies embraces a rich and diverse potential to explore the texts in new and exciting ways. * CAROLINE BLYTH, THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND * This vibrant collection brings together a variety of groundbreaking, provocative and inspirational reflections on biblical texts from both testaments. When combined in one volume, the result veritably crackles! Gender and sexuality with reference to the Bible are complex and queer in terms of the ideologies they convey, and this book is just the thing for sharpening critical faculties! * MOGENS MUELLER, UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK * What a fun collection of intersectional Bible scholarship on gender and sexuality! From Dinah in Genesis 34 to a queerly approached book of Revelation, this anthology will surely whet any student's appetite for more on the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The twenty-two essays document the vibrancy, breadth, and depth of Bible interpretations and what is at stake when the biblical focus rests on gender and sexuality, interfaced with feminist, queer, masculinity, disability, critical race, and postcolonial studies. * SUSANNE SCHOLZ, PERKINS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, USA *

This volume offers a treasure trove of inspiring and groundbreaking scholarship. Each contributor reminds us that biblical studies embraces a rich and diverse potential to explore the texts in new and exciting ways. * CAROLINE BLYTH, THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND * This vibrant collection brings together a variety of groundbreaking, provocative and inspirational reflections on biblical texts from both testaments. When combined in one volume, the result veritably crackles! Gender and sexuality with reference to the Bible are complex and queer in terms of the ideologies they convey, and this book is just the thing for sharpening critical faculties! * JOHANNA STIEBERT, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK * What a fun collection of intersectional Bible scholarship on gender and sexuality! From Dinah in Genesis 34 to a queerly approached book of Revelation, this anthology will surely whet any student's appetite for more on the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The twenty-two essays document the vibrancy, breadth, and depth of Bible interpretations and what is at stake when the biblical focus rests on gender and sexuality, interfaced with feminist, queer, masculinity, disability, critical race, and postcolonial studies. * SUSANNE SCHOLZ, PERKINS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, USA *

This collection is a tour de force on gender and sexuality in biblical studies. Its strength lies in the rich and extensive approaches that the contributing authors employed in filling crucial gaps on interpretation and contextualization of this topic in biblical studies ... this volume is notably a masterpiece and broadly expand earlier conversations on gender and sexuality in biblical studies. A product of clearly written scholarship of well-acclaimed intellectuals, beautifully structured, and finely edited into a succinct collection, the book is a must have for scholars and students of gender and sexuality, biblical scholars, religious institutions, and classical historians. * Reading Religion * This volume offers a treasure trove of inspiring and groundbreaking scholarship. Each contributor reminds us that biblical studies embraces a rich and diverse potential to explore the texts in new and exciting ways. * CAROLINE BLYTH, THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND * This vibrant collection brings together a variety of groundbreaking, provocative and inspirational reflections on biblical texts from both testaments. When combined in one volume, the result veritably crackles! Gender and sexuality with reference to the Bible are complex and queer in terms of the ideologies they convey, and this book is just the thing for sharpening critical faculties! * JOHANNA STIEBERT, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, UK * What a fun collection of intersectional Bible scholarship on gender and sexuality! From Dinah in Genesis 34 to a queerly approached book of Revelation, this anthology will surely whet any student’s appetite for more on the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The twenty-two essays document the vibrancy, breadth, and depth of Bible interpretations and what is at stake when the biblical focus rests on gender and sexuality, interfaced with feminist, queer, masculinity, disability, critical race, and postcolonial studies. * SUSANNE SCHOLZ, PERKINS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, USA *

Author Information

Rhiannon Graybill is W.J. Millard Professor of Religion and Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College, USA Lynn R. Huber is Professor of Religious Studies at Elon University, USA.

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