Books from 2000-2010 by Susanne Scholz
Books from 2011-2017--see CV by Susanne Scholz
Drafts by Susanne Scholz
With new revisions and additions, this is an up-to-date overview of the historical, social, and a... more With new revisions and additions, this is an up-to-date overview of the historical, social, and academic developments of reading the Hebrew Bible from a feminist perspective. Introducing the Women's Hebrew Bible is an up-to-date feminist introduction to the historical, socio-political, and academic developments of feminist biblical scholarship. In the second edition of this popular text Susanne Scholz offers new insights into the diverse field of feminist studies on the Hebrew Bible. Scholz provides a new introductory survey of the history of feminism more broadly, giving context to its rise in biblical studies, before looking at the history and issues as they relate specifically to feminist readings and readers of the Hebrew Bible. Scholz then presents the life and work of several influential feminist scholars of the Bible, outlining their career paths and the characteristics of their work. The volume also outlines how to relate the Bible to sexual violence and feminist postcolonial demands. Two new chapters further delineate recent developments in feminist biblical studies. One chapter addresses the relationship between feminist exegesis and queer theory as well as masculinity studies. Another chapter problematizes the gender discourse as it has emerged in the Christian Right's approaches to the Old Testament.
Papers by Susanne Scholz
Peeters Publishers eBooks, Dec 18, 2023
Society of Biblical Literature eBooks, Sep 7, 2017
Routledge eBooks, Feb 27, 2023
Scandinavian Journal of the Old Testament, Jan 2, 2022
Journal of Religious Ethics, Jun 1, 2021
Theology and Sexuality, Sep 2, 2015
INTRODUCTION. 1. Why Study the Bible Academically? An Opening Comment. 2. Modernity and the Study... more INTRODUCTION. 1. Why Study the Bible Academically? An Opening Comment. 2. Modernity and the Study of the Bible as Historical Literature. 3. What is "Alternative" about this Introductory Reader? 4. Why Relate the Categories of Gender, Race/Ethnicity, and Class to the Study of the Bible? 5. What are the Criteria for Selecting the Articles for this Anthology? 6. What Can You Expect to Learn from this Anthology? 7. Postscript: A Future for Biblical Studies. I. INTRODUCTORY MATTERS. The Great Gulf Between Scholars and the Pew, Michael D. Coogan. Life in the Crypt or Why Bother with Biblical Studies, Mark Coleridge. The Author/Text/Reader and Power: Suggestions for a Critical Framework for Biblical Studies, Gale A. Yee. Biblical Interpretation and the Social Location of the Interpreter: African Women's Reading of the Bible, Mercy Amba Oduyoye. II. THE RHETORIC OF GENDER. 1. The Bible and Feminism. American Women and the Bible: The Nature of Woman as a Hermeneutical Issue, Carolyn De Swarte Gifford. What Makes a Feminist Reading Feminist? A Qualified Answer, Phyllis A. Bird. What Makes a Feminist Reading Feminist: Another Perspective, Pamela Thimmes. 2. The First Woman and Man as a Gender Issue. On the Creation of Man and Woman in Genesis 1-3: The History and Reception of the Texts Reconsidered, Helen Schungel-Straumann. Eve and Adam: Genesis 2-3 Reread, "Not a Jot, Not a Title," Phyllis Trible. Epilogue: The Coming of Lilith, "Lilith Revisited," Judith Plaskow. 3. Mary Magdalene and Other Women Disciples. How Mary Magdalene Became a Whore, Jane Schaberg. Presence or Absence? The Question of Women Disciples at the Last Supper, Dorothy A. Lee. 4. The Issue of Heterosexism. Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen. 19:1-29) on the Internet, Susanne Scholz. The Biblical Prohibition of Homosexual Intercourse, Martin S. Cohen. Patristic Interpretations of Rom. 1:26, Bernadette J. Brooten. III. THE RHETORIC OF RACE/ETHNICITY. 5. A Baptismal Formula for Racial and Ethnic Justice. Neither Jew nor Greek: Ethnic Conflict in Graeco-Roman Society, Christopher D. Stanley. The Praxis of Coequal Discipleship, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza. The Hottest Race Issue in the World, Donald A. McGavran. 6. The Dispute about Slavery in America. The Biblical Anti-Slavery Argument of the Decade 1830-1840, Caroline L. Shanks. The Curse That Never Was (Genesis 9:18-27), Gene Rice. House Readings and Field Readings: The Discourse of Slavery and Biblical/Cultural Studies, Jennifer A. Glancy. 7. Ethnic Perspectives on the Bible. Reading Texts Through Worlds, Worlds Through Texts, Vincent L. Wimbush. Developments in Biblical Interpretation in Africa: Historical and Hermeneutical Directions, Justin S. Ukpong. Life in the Midst of Death: Naomi, Ruth and the Plight of Indigenous Women, Dalila Nayap-Pot. Two Mission Commands: An Interpretation of Matthew 28:16-20 in the Light of a Buddhist Text, George M. Soares-Prabhu. 8. Discussions of Christian Anti-Judaism. The Challenge of Hebrew Scriptures in Jewish-Christian Religions, Arthur E. Zannoni. The New Testament: Confronting Its Impact on Jewish-Christian Relations, Michael Cook. Jesus-A Pharisee and the Christ, John T. Pawlikowski. John 8:39-47: Children of Abraham or of the Devil?, Richard A. Bondi. IV. THE RHETORIC OF CLASS. 9. God and the Option for the Poor. Good News for the Poor, Elsa Tamez. The Biblical God from the Perspective of the Poor, Itumeleng J. Mosala. 10. Economic Justice as a Biblical Concern. Dangerous Waters of Justice and Righteousness: Amos 5:18-27, Jon L. Berquist. Poverty and Punishment in the Book of Proverbs, James L. Crenshaw. Human Solidarity and the Goodness of God: The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard (Matt. 20:1-15), Luise Schottroff. Creation of New Meaning: Rhetorical Situations and the Reception of Romans 13:1-7, Jan Botha. 11. Liberation and Oppression in the Book of Exodus. A Latin American Perspective: The Option for the Poor in the Old Testament, George V. Pixley. A Palestinian Perspective: The Bible and Liberation, Naim Ateek. Canaanites, Cowboys, and Indians: Deliverance, Conquest, and Liberation Theology, Allen Warrior. Index of Biblical References.
La Violencia and the Hebrew Bible
In this chapter, Susanne Scholz reviews some definitive works by feminist biblical scholars worki... more In this chapter, Susanne Scholz reviews some definitive works by feminist biblical scholars working with biblical rape texts; specifically, she uses the Title IX federal law (which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education programme or activity) as the focus of this discussion. Scholz explores whether the Title IX debates around US campus rape ought to have an impact on how feminist biblical scholars interpret biblical rape texts. After reviewing the impact that Title IX has had on the way many US colleges and universities respond to campus rape, Scholz surveys feminist theories of sexual violence since the 1970s. She then evaluates the contributions of feminist exegesis on biblical rape texts since the 1980s. Within this body of work, she identifies certain scholars who have relied on decontextualized, empiricist-scientific, and historical-linguistic approaches to biblical exegesis, which, she suggests, has produced “rape-prone” interpretations....
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Books from 2000-2010 by Susanne Scholz
Books from 2011-2017--see CV by Susanne Scholz
Drafts by Susanne Scholz
Papers by Susanne Scholz