From a gender perspective, Romans differs from many biblical texts. It contains few explicit mentions of gender, no household code and it has been understood as promoting universalism. This volume joins several feminist commentators in showing how crucial Romans is for understanding Paul's view of gender.
Divided into three parts: mapping traditions in Romans, challenging gendered traditions in Romans, and gender and the authority of Romans, the concluding essays ask: Does scriptural criticism really do justice to feminist concerns? Both avenues and obstacles for feminist scholars...
From a gender perspective, Romans differs from many biblical texts. It contains few explicit mentions of gender, no household code and it has been ...
It is a common method in introductory biblical studies classes to choose exemplary biblical texts for further in-depth discussion by students in small group settings. Such groups provide a safe context for students to learn by interpreting the biblical texts for themselves. Increasingly, such interaction with one another and with the class instructor is electronic, either on bulletin boards or in chat. This book provides a resource for such group studies.
Two of the primary aims of most Bible teachers, especially those in colleges and seminaries, are very nearly contradictory: ...
It is a common method in introductory biblical studies classes to choose exemplary biblical texts for further in-depth discussion by students in sm...
This textbook invites readers to assume responsibility for their own interpretations of the Sermon on the Mount through a practive of "critical study of the the Bible as scripture." Through a series of exercises, readers are invited first to formulate their own conclusions about the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount, and then to recognize the choices implied in their interpretations, by comparing them with five kinds of readings proposed by scholars.>
This textbook invites readers to assume responsibility for their own interpretations of the Sermon on the Mount through a practive of "critical study ...
Part of the series Romans Through History and Culture, this book explores Augustine's hermeneutics. His reliance on biblical interpretation as a pillar of Christian life is examined in light of his writings on a single book: Paul's Letter to the Romans. One contributor to the anthology also looks at the effect of Augustine's readings of Paul have had on Pauline critical studies.
Part of the series Romans Through History and Culture, this book explores Augustine's hermeneutics. His reliance on biblical interpretation as a pilla...
Structural exegesis is a major recent development in biblical studies and is related to simultaneous currents in other fields of academic study. Here, at last, is an introduction to structuralism and structuralist methods that does not presuppose advance knowledge of linguistics or anthropology. Traditional exegetical methods follow a historical paradigm; structuralism follows a linguistic paradigm. Thus, these two approaches involve significantly different attitudes toward the biblical text. Through clear analytic explanations illustrated by application to specific texts, Daniel Patte shows...
Structural exegesis is a major recent development in biblical studies and is related to simultaneous currents in other fields of academic study. Here,...
