s/t: A commentary on the Apocalypse with complete text from the Jerusalem Bible

Invitation to the Book of Revelation: A commentary on the Apocalypse with complete text from the Jerusalem Bible

Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth

Image Books **

In Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza makes a unique contribution to two quite different discussions of Jesus the Christ. On the one hand, she looks at biblical christology from a critical feminist perspective in the tradition of liberation theology. On the other, she examines the feasibility of a feminine christology by considering such problems as Christian anti-Judaism, ideological justification of domination, religious exclusivism and the formation of patriarchal identity. Re-imagining the Jesus movement in a feminist key transcends the boundaries set by history, gender and doctrine. By assessing various Jesus traditions and interpretations in terms of whether they can engender liberating visions for today, Schüssler Fiorenza seeks to challenge and transform a Christianity dominated by masculinity and exclusivist theological frameworks so that it offers a vision of justice and well-being for all, the central image in which is the reign, the coming world, of God. This Cornerstones edition features a new extended introduction which takes into account the developments in the field since the work was originally published in 1994.

Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet (T&T Clark Cornerstones)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

T&T Clark

Democratizing Biblical Studies: Toward an Emancipatory Educational Space

Elizabeth Schussler Fiorenza argues that it is necessary to reframe the field of biblical studies and replace the competitive teaching models prevalent in graduate programs with an emancipatory, radical democratic pedagogical model that fosters collaboration, participation, and critical engagement. To achieve constructive engagement with the differences of social location and diversity of perspectives that exist both in the Bible and in our contexts, Fiorenza argues, we must become aware of the pitfalls of one-dimensional thinking that seeks to use the Bible to find definite answers and to exclude different understandings.

Westminster/John Knox Press

One of the world's leading feminist theologians demonstrates how reading the Bible can be spiritually and politically empowering for women.

But She Said: Feminist Practices of Biblical Interpretation

Literature & Fiction

Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler

Fiorenza, Elizabeth Schussler

History & Criticism

Beacon Press

This feminist classic explores the ways in which women can read the Christian Bible with full understanding of both its oppressive and its liberating functions. In the substantial new Afterword to this edition, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza situates Bread Not Stone in relation to mainstream Biblical scholarship, Catholic and Protestant theologies, liberation theologies, and nineteenth-century feminist writings on the Bible.

Bread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza-who "stands among the most articulate and respected theologians who have challenged the silence and marginality . . . of Christian women" (The New York Times Book Review)-explores postmodernist biblical studies through feminist interpretation in Sharing Her Word. She reclaims the work of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century feminist biblical interpreters, reassessing their influence on current thought. Through analyses of biblical passages, she shows us how reimagining the Bible can contribute to the spiritual struggle for a more just world. Spirited and accessible, Sharing Her Word is essential reading for all who want to understand how the Bible shapes our lives.

Sharing Her Word: Feminist Biblical Interpretation in Context

Ephesians is a “mystery” text that seeks to make known the multifarious Wisdom of G*d. At its heart is the question of power. In this commentary, Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza examines the political understandings of ekklesia and household in Ephesians as well as the roles that such understandings have played in the formation of early Christian communities and that still shape such communities today. By paying close attention to the function of androcentric biblical language within Ephesians, Schüssler Fiorenza engages in a critical feminist emancipatory approach to biblical interpretation that calls for conscientization and change, that is, for the sake of wo/men’s salvation or wellbeing.

Ephesians (Volume 50) (Wisdom Commentary Series)

Liturgical Press

Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet is the long-awaited sequel to the author's best-selling scholarly work of a decade ago, In Memory of Her: A Feminist Reconstruction of Christian Origins. Translated into eight languages, In Memory of Her is undoubtedly the best-known work throughout the world to date by a feminist biblical scholar. In her new book, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza charts the rise and fall into "historical amnesia" of the liberating movement gathered around Jesus as the prophet and messenger of Divine Sophia, or Woman Wisdom, the all-powerful female figure in early Jewish Scriptures and theology. While teachings about Women Wisdom permeate the texture of the Christian ("New") Testament, they were quickly clothed in what the author calls kyriocentric (ruling-male) language. Not simply a work of historical reconstruction, Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet is a work of constructive feminist theology, showing how the historically unrealized possibilities of Woman Wisdom can offer the vision of a different world and a different church. Re-imagining the Jesus movement in a feminist key transgresses the boundaries set by history, gender, and doctrine. By assessing various Jesus traditions and interpretations as to whether they can engender liberating visions for today the book seeks to challenge and transform masculine Christian identity formations and exclusivist theological frameworks toward the basileia vision of justice and well-being for all.

Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet : Critical Issues in Feminist Christology

Continuum Intl Pub Group

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Invitation to the Book of Revelation: A commentary on the Apocalypse with complete text from the Jerusalem Bible

Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet (T&T Clark Cornerstones)

Democratizing Biblical Studies: Toward an Emancipatory Educational Space

Democratizing Biblical Studies: Toward an Emancipatory Educational Space

But She Said: Feminist Practices of Biblical Interpretation

But She Said: Feminist Practices of Biblical Interpretation

Bread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation

Sharing Her Word: Feminist Biblical Interpretation in Context

Ephesians (Volume 50) (Wisdom Commentary Series)

Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet : Critical Issues in Feminist Christology