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The practices of radical refusal in biblical feminist interpretation and black study
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2022 Gender-specific frameworks detect androcentrism in biblical texts and create a methodology and a reading practice of reading the stories of women not only as by-products of their environments or religious figures but also humanises them through radical ...
Lerato L. Mokoena
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Was Eve the first femme fatale?
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2021 Feminist theology approaches the biblical teaching of the fall with a non-historical or traditional interpretation. The biblical teaching suggests that the primordial couple sinned by eating the forbidden fruit from the tree that God prohibited (Gn 3:1 ...
Roche Coleman
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‘A dangerous and powerful woman?’ – A feminist reading of an old story with new cultural eyes
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2022 This article explores the text of Judges 14, which describes the life of a so-called ‘hyper-masculine’ Israelite hero, Samson. However, a careful feminist and socio-historical interpretation of Samson’s character reflects a rather bleak version of an ...
Doniwen Pietersen
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Feminist interpretation in the context of reformational theology: a consideration
In die Skriflig, 2009 This article explores the contribution that Biblical interpretation from a feminist perspective may make in the context of refor- mational theology. After an overview of the diverse nature of feminist Biblical interpretation that in itself stems from ...
C. Nunes, H. J.M. van Deventer
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Tafsir Post-Kolonial Femenis Yehezkiel 16:15-22 sebagai Teks Pornografi Kenabian
Khazanah Theologia, 2020 The issue of violence against women not only occurs in the space of action or the form of direct violence but also in the way of indirect violence, among others through the understanding of the biblical text that discredit women. This study aims to carry
Yohanes Parihala, Jelfy L Hursepuny
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A post-Jungian reading of the Book of Baruch
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 It is often claimed that the use of depth psychology in the interpretation of ancient texts is irrelevant and methodologically unsound. Several typical Jungian archetypes, such as the shadow, the primordial mother, and the hero, were identified ...
Zacharias Kotzé
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Toxic Masculinity in Africa and the Bible
Old Testament Essays, 2022 The present article discusses the concept of toxic masculinity in the context of African political history, leadership models and feminist biblical interpretation.
Robert Wafawanaka
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Feminist Hermeneutics and Evangelical Concerns: The Rape of Dinah as a Case Study
Tyndale Bulletin, 2002 The article begins by outlining the challenge feminist hermeneutics poses for traditional notions of biblical authority. Genesis 34 is set out as a case study for displaying feminist interpretations that read with the narrator but against patriarchal ...
Robin Parry
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Interpreting texts and the matter of context: Examples from the Book of Ruth
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2019 This article aims to explore the matter of context in biblical exegesis and interpretation. Several exegetical approaches are discussed, namely, text-immanent, intertextual comparison, reader-response criticism, which is subdivided into feminist and ...
Gerda de Villiers
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Mutual-mothering as wise living or living wisely
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2017 In the 1970s, feminist biblical scholars began to conduct research on the biblical traditions of wisdom and the manifestation of female images of God, named Sophialogy.
Susara J. Nortjé-Meyer
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