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Dancing Girls, Loose Ladies, and Women of the Cloth

Author : F. Scott Spencer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441140239
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Dancing Girls, Loose Ladies, and Women of the Cloth written by F. Scott Spencer and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-09-14 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women in Jesus' life are a raucous and rowdy bunch, including "riotous" foremothers, "loose women," and "distressed daughters of Israel." Reading these new ways of interpreting women in the Gospels, male New Testament scholars have discovered liberating perspectives. In seven scintillating studies, Spencer explores among others the genealogy of Matthew's Gospel to discover the riotous yet righteous nature of Jesus' foremothers, slave girls and prophetic daughters in Luke-Acts, and women leading men in the Gospel of Mark 5-7. Scott Spencer, a virtuoso young New Testament scholar, provides his own lively forays into reading the Gospels through women's eyes. He shows what it is like for a man to read stories about the women in Jesus' life from a new perspective. Spencer is an able and inventive scholar whose broad-ranging insights and engaging style make his work very accessible.

Dancing Girls, Loose Ladies, and Women of the Cloth

Author : F. Scott Spencer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441140239
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Music in Biblical Life

Author : Jonathan L. Friedmann
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786474092
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Music in Biblical Life written by Jonathan L. Friedmann and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2013-01-22 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music was integral to the daily life of ancient Israel. It accompanied activities as diverse as manual labor and royal processionals. At key junctures and in core institutions, musical tones were used to deliver messages, convey emotions, strengthen communal bonds and establish human-divine contact. This book explores the intricate and multifaceted nature of biblical music through a detailed look into four major episodes and genres: the Song of the Sea (Exod. 15), King Saul and David's harp (1 Sam. 16), the use of music in prophecy, and the Book of Psalms. This investigation demonstrates how music helped shape and define the self-identity of ancient Israel.

Unmanly Men

Author : Brittany E. Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199325014
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book Unmanly Men written by Brittany E. Wilson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Testament scholars typically assume that the men who pervade the pages of Luke's two volumes are models of an implied "manliness." Scholars rarely question how Lukan men measure up to ancient masculine mores, even though masculinity is increasingly becoming a topic of inquiry in the field of New Testament and its related disciplines. Drawing especially from gender-critical work in classics, Brittany Wilson addresses this lacuna by examining key male characters in Luke-Acts in relation to constructions of masculinity in the Greco-Roman world. Of all Luke's male characters, Wilson maintains that four in particular problematize elite masculine norms: namely, Zechariah (the father of John the Baptist), the Ethiopian eunuch, Paul, and, above all, Jesus. She further explains that these men do not protect their bodily boundaries nor do they embody corporeal control, two interrelated male gender norms. Indeed, Zechariah loses his ability to speak, the Ethiopian eunuch is castrated, Paul loses his ability to see, and Jesus is put to death on the cross. With these bodily "violations," Wilson argues, Luke points to the all-powerful nature of God and in the process reconfigures--or refigures--men's own claims to power. Luke, however, not only refigures the so-called prerogative of male power, but he refigures the parameters of power itself. According to Luke, God provides an alternative construal of power in the figure of Jesus and thus redefines what it means to be masculine. Thus, for Luke, "real" men look manifestly unmanly. Wilson's findings in Unmanly Men will shatter long-held assumptions in scholarly circles and beyond about gendered interpretations of the New Testament, and how they can be used to understand the roles of the Bible's key characters.

Gospel Women and the Long Ending of Mark

Author : Kara Lyons-Pardue
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567692434
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Gospel Women and the Long Ending of Mark written by Kara Lyons-Pardue and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kara Lyons-Pardue examines the issue of the ending of the gospel of Mark, showing how the later additions to the text function as early receptions of the original gospel tradition providing an ancient “fix” to the problem of the ending in which the women flee the tomb in terror and silence. Lyons-Pardue suggests that the long ending functions canonically, smoothing out the “problem” of 16:8 in ways that support the nascent four-gospel canon. Lyons-Pardue argues that the long ending represents an ancient reception of the preceding gospel that continues to the unique portrait of discipleship that is characteristically Markan. Mary Magdalene forms the renewed paradigm of an unlikely person or outsider, here a woman, being the one to “go and tell” the good news. This pattern is then projected onto all disciples who are called to proclaim the news to the entire created order (16:15).

Sacred Strangers

Author : Nancy Haught
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814645291
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Strangers written by Nancy Haught and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible is laced with stories in which strangers behave better than believers. What do these encounters with “others”—people from different cultures, religions, genders, economic and social classes—teach us about our own spiritual values, about the faith and God behind them? In Sacred Strangers, Nancy Haught leads readers through these stories, line by line, offering insight to open hearts to sacred strangers at a time when personal encounters can make us or break us—as people, Americans, and citizens of the world.

The Samaritan Woman's Story

Author : Caryn A. Reeder
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 151400061X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Samaritan Woman's Story written by Caryn A. Reeder and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2022-02-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reader's Choice Award Winner Most Christians have heard a familiar description of the Samaritan woman in John 4: she was a sinner, an adulteress, even a prostitute. Throughout church history, the woman at the well has been seen narrowly in terms of her gender and marital history. What are we missing in the story? And what difference does our interpretation of this passage make for women and men in the church? Caryn A. Reeder calls us to see the Samaritan woman in a different light. Beginning with the reception history of John 4, she pulls back layers of interpretation entangled with readers' assumptions on women and sexuality. She then explores the story's original context, describing life for women and expectations regarding marriage and divorce in the first century. With this clarified lens, Reeder's exegesis of the passage yields refreshing insights on what the Gospel says—and does not say—about the woman at the well. Throughout the book, Reeder draws connections between interpretations of this text and the life of the church. The sexual objectification of the Samaritan woman and minimization of her positive contribution has ongoing consequences for how women are seen and treated—including in the failure of many Christian communities to respond well to accusations of abuse. In the age of #MeToo and #ChurchToo, The Samaritan Woman's Story offers a bold challenge to teach the Bible in a way that truly honors the value and voices of women.

Characters and Characterization in Luke-Acts

Author : Frank Dicken
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567663922
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Characters and Characterization in Luke-Acts written by Frank Dicken and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like all skilful authors, the composer of the biblical books of Luke and Acts understood that a good story requires more than a gripping plot - a persuasive narrative also needs well-portrayed, plot-enhancing characters. This book brings together a set of new essays examining characters and characterization in those books from a variety of methodological perspectives. The essays illustrate how narratological, sociolinguistic, reader-response, feminist, redaction, reception historical, and comparative literature approaches can be fruitfully applied to the question of Luke's techniques of characterization. Theoretical and methodological discussions are complemented with case studies of specific Lukan characters. Together, the essays reflect the understanding that while many of the literary techniques involved in characterization attest a certain universality, each writer also brings his or her own unique perspective and talent to the portrayal and use of characters, with the result that analysis of a writer's characters and style of characterization can enhance appreciation of that writer's work.

Preaching the Gospel of Mark

Author : Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 0664229212
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Preaching the Gospel of Mark written by Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging treatment of the Gospel of Mark, Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm combines biblical scholarship with a close reading of the Gospel text to meet the needs of preachers today. Swift and purposeful, the Gospel of Mark proclaims God's reign and urges the participation of all God's people in the witness of the good news that God has transformed human reality through Jesus Christ. This insightful commentary helps that message come alive while providing pertinent suggestions about how preachers can proclaim this message to today's churchgoers.

The New Testament on Sexuality

Author : William Loader
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802867243
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis The New Testament on Sexuality by : William Loader

Download or read book The New Testament on Sexuality written by William Loader and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fifth and final installment of William Loader's authoritative, acclaimed series on attitudes toward sexuality in the ancient world. Sexual themes are never far beneath the surface where there are human beings. This was certainly the case for Christians in the first-century world. Some began in a strongly Jewish context and worked out their faith in dialogue with their scriptural heritage. Others had to work out their sexual ethics in a world strongly influenced by Greco-Roman ideals and practices. In The New Testament on Sexuality William Loader explores the relevant cultural contexts and looks at New Testament texts related to sexuality, highlighting both the warnings about sexual wrongdoing and the affirmations of sexual union. He deals with specific themes such as divorce, same-sex relations, women and men in leadership, and celibacy; individual behavior, gender roles and rules, preferences, and hopes also fall under the scope of his investigation. Broad-ranging and thorough, this book engages both the biblical texts and the diverse ways in which they have been interpreted.

Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows

Author : F. Scott Spencer
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802867626
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows written by F. Scott Spencer and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engaging feminist hermeneutics and philosophy in addition to more traditional methods of biblical study, Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows demonstrates and celebrates the remarkable capability and ingenuity of several women in the Gospel of Luke. While recent studies have exposed women's limited opportunities for ministry in Luke, Scott Spencer pulls the pendulum back from a negative feminist-critical pole toward a more constructive center. Granting that Luke sends somewhat "mixed messages" about women's work and status as Jesus' disciples, Spencer analyzes such women as Mary, Elizabeth, Joanna, Martha and Mary, and the infamous yet intriguing wife of Lot -- whom Jesus exhorts his followers to "remember" -- as well as the unrelentingly persistent women characters in Jesus' parables.

What Jesus Learned from Women

Author : James F. McGrath
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532680627
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Book Synopsis What Jesus Learned from Women by : James F. McGrath

Download or read book What Jesus Learned from Women written by James F. McGrath and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dehumanization has led to serious misinterpretation of the Gospels. On the one hand, Christians have often made Jesus so much more than human that it seemed inappropriate to ask about the influence other human beings had on him, male or female. On the other hand, women have been treated as less than fully human, their names omitted from stories and their voices and influence on Jesus neglected. When we ask the question this book does, what Jesus learned from women, puzzling questions that have frustrated readers of the Gospels throughout history suddenly find solutions. Weaving cutting edge biblical scholarship together with an element of historical fiction and a knack for writing for a general audience, James McGrath makes the stories of women in the New Testament come alive, and sheds fresh light on the figure of Jesus as well. This book is a must read for scholars, students, and anyone else interested in Jesus and/or in the role of ancient women in the context of their times.

Letting the Other Speak

Author : Tracy Hartman
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739172557
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Letting the Other Speak written by Tracy Hartman and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Letting the Other Speak helps pastors, Christian educators, professors, and theological students bring the stories of six controversial biblical women to congregations by surveying historical and contemporary exegetical work on each passage, modeling exegeting a congregation in preparation for moving from text to sermon, and providing two sample sermons, one prophetic and one pastoral, for each text.

Corporal Knowledge

Author : Jennifer A. Glancy
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195328159
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Corporal Knowledge written by Jennifer A. Glancy and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2010 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the heart of the Christian proclamation is the problematic body of Jesus: problematic because His crucified form conveyed shame rather than glory, problematic because Christian communities argued about whether Jesus' body shared in the corruptible and tactile qualities of other human bodies.

Sense and Stigma in the Gospels

Author : Louise J. Lawrence
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199590095
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Sense and Stigma in the Gospels written by Louise J. Lawrence and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Louise J. Lawrence presents provocative re-interpretations of biblical characters that have previously been sidelined and stigmatised on account of their perceived disability. She introduces approaches taken from Sensory Anthropology and Disability Studies to bring fresh methodological perspectives to familiar Gospel texts.

Character Studies and the Gospel of Mark

Author : Matthew Ryan Hauge
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567360814
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (673 download)

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Download or read book Character Studies and the Gospel of Mark written by Matthew Ryan Hauge and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Characters in the Second Gospel are analysed and an in-depth look at different approaches currently employed by scholars working with literary and reader-oriented methods of analysis is provided. The first section consists of essays on method/theory, and the second consists of seven exegetical character studies using a literary or reader-oriented method. All contributors work from a literary, narrative-critical, reader-oriented, or related methodology. The book summarizes the state of the discussion and examines obstacles to arriving at a comprehensive theory of character in the Second Gospel. Specific contributions include analyses of the representation of women, God, Jesus, Satan, Gentiles, and the Roman authorities of Mark's Gospel. This work is both an exploration of theories of character, and a study in the application of those theories.

The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles

Author : Prof. F. Scott Spencer
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426750862
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Gospel of Luke and Acts of the Apostles written by Prof. F. Scott Spencer and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces literary, historical, and theological issues of Luke and Acts. Biblical texts create worlds of meaning, and invite readers to enter them. When readers enter such textual worlds, which are often strange and complex, they are confronted with theological claims. With this in mind, the purpose of the Interpreting Biblical Texts series is to help serious readers in their experience of reading and interpreting by providing guides for their journeys into textual worlds. The controlling perspective is expressed in the operative word of the title--interpreting. The primary focus of the series is not so much on the world behind the texts or out of which the texts have arisen as on the worlds created by the texts in their engagement with readers. In keeping with the goals of the series, this volume provides an introductory guide to readers of the New Testament books of Luke and Acts. It focuses on both the synchronic and diachronic dimensions of the literature in an effort to acquaint readers with literary, historical, and theological issues that will facilitate interpretation of these important books. F. Scott Spencer is Professor of New Testament at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond.