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Hidden in Plain Sight: Seeing the Stripping of Jesus as Sexual Violence [PDF]
, 2020 Recent work in biblical studies has given increased attention to a reading of Jesus as a victim of sexual abuse. This article explores how the stripping of Jesus might be understood as an example of abuse ‘hidden in plain sight’.
David Tombs +1 more
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Embodied Readers: Teaching about the Earliest Christians in Rural Protestant America [PDF]
, 2020 This article discusses the ways in which my Introduction to the New Testament class at the University of Tennessee engages with and offers students tools for understanding and participating in social activism, particularly around race, ethnicity, gender ...
Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies +1 more
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Queering Jesus: LGBTQI Dangerous Remembering and Imaginative Resistance [PDF]
, 2021 Queering Jesus is a call to remember the danger of the story of Jesus. The primary aim of this article is to offer a comprehensive survey of the representation of queer Jesus.
Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies +1 more
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Hesed in Ruth: A Frail Moral Tool in an Inflexible Social Structure
Religions, 2023 Scholars have paid much attention to the attribute of hesed in the book of Ruth, pinpointing it as a pivotal feature and the main message of the book. However, the protagonists in the tale do not seem to exhibit hesed out of free will or as part of their
Gili Kugler, Ohad Magori
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By Making Me Stink to the Inhabitants of the Land: Intrusive Smells as a Metaphor for Unwanted Migrants [PDF]
, 2022 The verb ba’ash (lit. “to stink”) is used repeatedly in the Hebrew Bible to describe unwanted groups or individuals (Gen 34:30; Exod 5:21; 1 Sam 13:4; 1 Sam 27:12; 2 Sam 10:6; 1 Chr 19:6).
Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 In recent years, there is growing concern with some of the bizarre practices in some neoprophetic churches. Amongst the concerns raised are the bizarre practices and the commercialisation of churches with claims that churches are being turned into ...
Hulisani Ramantswana +1 more
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“Queer Eye” in Theology and Biblical Studies:“Do you have to be queer to do this?” [PDF]
, 2019 This article addresses the question of whether one needs to be LGBTQ+ or queer-identifying in order to engage in queer studies in theology and biblical studies.
Chris Greenough +1 more
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The assurance that Yahweh can and will keep his own: An exegesis of Psalm 121:1–8
Theologia Viatorum, 2022 Psalm 121 is one of the most popular and the most read psalm. That is the reason why the New Testament quotes and alludes to the book of the psalm more than any other book of the Bible.
David T. Adamo, Bukola Olusegun
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Reading the Whole Bible with Integrity: Identifying Context, Identity, Community, and Antisemitism in Christian Hermeneutical Practices [PDF]
, 2020 What is the relationship between the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and the New Testament, where does Jesus fit in, and why do these questions even matter?
Jayme R Reaves +1 more
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Religions, 2023 According to Numbers 21:4–9, the Nehushtan was a copper/bronze snake effigy that functioned as a ‘magical’ healing tool to cure the early Israelites from venomous snakebites they incurred during their desert wanderings. What is unclear from the narrative
Gillian Williams, Mariette Harcombe
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