A Feminist Companion to Luke by Amy-Jill Levine

A Feminist Companion to Luke by Amy-Jill Levine

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This third volume in the "feminist companions" series deals with Lukan themes in feminist perspectives. The 14 essays cover a range of issues, including imperial masculinity, Mary and asceticism, Martha in the kitchen and reading Luke 15 with Arab-Christian women.

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A Feminist Companion to Luke by Amy-Jill Levine

This third volume in the "feminist companions" series deals with Lukan themes in feminist perspectives. The 14 essays from an international authorship cover a range of issues, including imperial masculinity, Mary and asceticism, Martha in the kitchen and reading Luke 15 with Arab-Christian women. The list of contributors includes Robert Karris, Mary Rose D'Angelo, Brigitte Kahl, Turid Karlsen Seim, Barbara Reid, Teresa Hornsby, Ben Witherington III, Esther DeBoer, Veronica Koperski, Loveday Alexander, Warren Carter, Pamela Thimmes, Carol Schersten Lahurd and Maris-Luisa Rigato.
"As is to be expected with a volume that promises to remember women's absences in the field of biblical studies as either participants of subjects for analysis, the diverse methods used from those within biblical studies as well as those who offer contributions from other disciplines attests to the healthy state of feminist studies in a new millenniaAmy- Jill Levine's timely caution that without transparency in the sharing of diverse perspectives our ‘studies risk ossification, the silence of certain voices, co-optation by those who insist they speak for everyone', steers the reader through the ensuing ‘storm-centre'."- Deborah Bower, The Biblical and Critical Theory, Vol. 2, Number 1, 2006
Amy-Jill Levine is the Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
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ISBN 13 9781841271743
ISBN 10 1841271748
Title A Feminist Companion to Luke
Author Amy-Jill Levine
Series Feminist Companion To The New Testament And Early Christian Writings
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 2002-07-01
Number of pages 327
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