Following up on a topic from today's Colloquium, I'd like to point those interested in feminist interpretations of the Bible to a few links.
The following chapter draft discusses three generations of feminist interpretations of Genesis 1-3.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/bibs/DJACcurrres/Eve/Eve1Eve.pdf
"First generation" feminist scholarship tends to dwell on the (perhaps obvious) patrarchal elements of the Bible. (Heck, the ancestors of Israel are CALLED "patriarchs"!)
The chapter spends a good deal of time on Phyllis Trible, a "second generation" feminist theologian, meaning one who takes themes from the Biblical texts themselves (such as use of femine language and imagery for God) and uses them to critique patriarchy. Here is a link to an article by Trible.
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=1281
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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