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God, Gender and the Bible
Series: Biblical Limits
Deborah Sawyer discusses this crucial yet unresolved question in the context of contemporary and postmodern ideas about gender and power, based on fresh examination of a number of texts from Hebrew and Christian scripture. Such texts offer striking parallels to contemporary gender theories (...
Published July 17th 2002 by Routledge
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Reading Bibles, Writing Bodies
Identity and The Book
Series: Biblical Limits
The Bible is often said to be one of the foundation texts of Western culture. The present volume shows that it goes far beyond being a religious text. The essays explore how religious, political and cultural identities, including ethnicity and gender, are embodied in biblical discourse. Following...
Published November 27th 1996 by Routledge