Salty Wives Spirited Mothers And Savvy Widows

Author : Franklin Scott Spencer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : RELIGION
ISBN : 1467436852

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Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows by Franklin Scott Spencer Pdf

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.

Author : F. Scott Spencer
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780802867629

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Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows by F. Scott Spencer Pdf

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.

Author : F. Scott Spencer
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467436847

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Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows by F. Scott Spencer Pdf

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.

Author : Brittany E. Wilson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199325016

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Unmanly Men by Brittany E. Wilson Pdf

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.

Author : Febbie C. Dickerson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978701243

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Luke, Widows, Judges, and Stereotypes by Febbie C. Dickerson Pdf

Biblical narratives are not simply sacred stories for religious communities: They are stories that provide transformative insight into cultural biases. By putting historical criticism and reception history into dialogue with womanist biblical hermeneutics, Luke, Widows, Judges, and Stereotypes offers a provocative reading of Jesus’ parable about a widow who confronts a judge and obtains what she seeks by means of physical threat. Rather than simply reading the widow as the model for “one who prays always and does not lose heart” (Luke 18:1), Dickerson shows that read in the context of Luke’s wider narrative, the widow, domesticated and robbed both of her agency and moral ambiguity, is more likely demanding vengeance instead of justice. Likewise, rather than simply reading the judge as one "who neither feared God nor had respect for people" (Luke 18:2), Dickerson argues that the judge is both an ideal man and one who compromises standards of ancient masculinity. Then, reading both the widow and judge through African American stereotypes (Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire, Cool Black Male, Master-Pastor, and Foolish Judge) that are used to degrade, debase, and control, and reading them into and in light of the parable, Dickerson demonstrates how the parable calls into question these stereotypes thereby producing new liberative readings.

Author : Frank Dicken,Julia Snyder
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567663924

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Characters and Characterization in Luke-Acts by Frank Dicken,Julia Snyder Pdf

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.

Author : Rachel L. Coleman
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004416345

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The Lukan Lens on Wealth and Possessions by Rachel L. Coleman Pdf

In The Lukan Lens on Wealth and Possessions: A Perspective Shaped by Reversal and Right Response, Rachel Coleman offers a detailed exploration of Luke’s wealth ethic, examining the topic with careful exegesis and literary and theological sensitivity.

Author : Sung Min Hong
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532635441

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Those Who Weep Shall Laugh by Sung Min Hong Pdf

The purpose of this study is to identify and develop appreciation for the theme of the reversal of weeping in Luke’s gospel. Lukan scholarship has not fully recognized the reversal of weeping as a distinctive theme. By understanding Luke’s third beatitude (6:21b) and third woe (6:25b) as two pegs on which the theme of the reversal of weeping is hung, it proposes that the reversal of weeping is a distinctive theme in Luke. In doing so, Luke repetitively uses κλαίω to highlight the theme. This technique of Leitwort leads readers to focus on the reversal of weeping more effectively. Luke’s presentation of the reversal of weeping is not limited to identifying it as a distinctive theme. There are narrative intentions and theological implications that Luke also targets. First, Luke wants to demonstrate concern for marginalized groups in society. He also shows how their fortunes are reversed by Jesus. Second, Luke portrays Jesus as the promised prophet, describing him as like Elijah and Jeremiah, but superior to them. Finally, Luke provides the reversal of weeping as a significant phenomenon of the kingdom of God, particularly to show that the presence of God’s kingdom is inaugurated and realized in Jesus Christ.

Author : Robert A. Derrenbacker,Christopher A. Porter,Muriel Porter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666799811

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Many Believed Because of Her Testimony by Robert A. Derrenbacker,Christopher A. Porter,Muriel Porter Pdf

The Reverend Professor Dorothy A. Lee FAHA is well-known as a New Testament scholar not only in Australia but around the world. An Anglican priest, her ministry, particularly as a preacher and retreat director, is highly regarded and highly sought after, not only in her home city of Melbourne, but in many parts of the country. This Festschrift volume honors her contributions and ministry on the occasion of her seventieth birthday. An interdisciplinary collection of twenty-one essays, it offers two biographical contributions, several essays on New Testament themes, essays on women, feminism, and the church, and cross-disciplinary essays focused on the biblical text. Contributors to the volume come from Australian theological education centers and Australian churches.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Feminism
ISBN : OSU:32435087057691

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New Books on Women and Feminism by Anonim Pdf

Author : F. Scott Spencer
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814681497

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Song of Songs by F. Scott Spencer Pdf

Arguably the biggest blockbuster love song ever composed, the Song of Songs holds a unique place in Jewish and Christian canons as the "holiest" book, in the minds of some readers, and the sexiest in its language and imagery. This commentary aims to interpret this vibrant Song in a contemporary feminist key, informed by close linguistic-literary and social-cultural analysis. Though finding much in the Song to celebrate for women (and men) in their embodied, passionate lives, this work also exposes tensions, vulnerabilities, and inequities between the sexes and among society at large-just what we would expect of a perceptive, poignant love ballad that still tops the charts.

Author : F. Scott Spencer
Publisher : Eerdmans
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Religion
ISBN : 080282563X

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Luke by F. Scott Spencer Pdf

Seeking to bridge the existing gap between biblical studies and systematic theology, this distinctive series offers exegesis of the New Testament texts in close conversation with theological concerns. Written by respected scholars, the THNTC volumes aim to help pastors, teachers, and students engage in deliberately theological interpretation of Scripture. Book jacket.

Author : F. Scott Spencer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826416124

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Dancing Girls, Loose Ladies, and Women of the Cloth by F. Scott Spencer Pdf

A new perspective on the lives of women in the Gospels, including Jesus' riotous yet righteous foremothers, slave girls, prophetic daughters, and women leading men. Original.

Author : Brant Pitre
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802875334

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Jesus and the Last Supper by Brant Pitre Pdf

Who did Jesus of Nazareth claim to be? What was his relationship with early Judaism? When and how did he expect the kingdom to come? What were his intentions? Though these key questions have been addressed in studies of the historical Jesus, Brant Pitre argues that they cannot be fully answered apart from a careful historical analysis of the Last Supper accounts. In this book Pitre offers a rigorous, up-to-date study of the historical Jesus and the Last Supper, filling a significant gap in current Jesus research. Situating the Last Supper in the triple contexts of ancient Judaism, the life of Jesus, and early Christianity, Pitre brings to light crucial insights into major issues driving the quest for Jesus. His Jesus and the Last Supper is sure to ignite discussion and debate.

Author : Greg Carey
Publisher : The Pilgrim Press
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780829821857

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Faithful and True by Greg Carey Pdf

“What in the world are we to make of the dizzying array of grand and grotesque images ‘revealed’ to an early Christ-follower named John? Enter the expert scholar-teacher Greg Carey as the perfect docent through Revelation’s stunning gallery. Carey orients us to a ‘faithful and true’ focus on the ‘faithful and true’ Christ—a vital corrective to fanciful and false readings of Revelation that remain wildly popular.”—F. Scott Spencer, author of Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows What should modern readers make of the wildly fantastical Revelation to John? New Testament scholar Greg Carey offers an accessible guide to the daunting Book of Revelation, inviting us not to decode every symbol or tame every dragon, but rather to engage the urgent questions of power and loyalty.