| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 196 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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New Testament Guides
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New Testament guides.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Getting into focus : reading with feminist lenses -- Those riotous--yet righteous--foremothers of Jesus : exploring Matthew's comic genealogy -- Shall we dance? : women leading men in Mark 5-7 -- You just don't understand! (or do you?) : Jesus, women, and conversation in the Fourth Gospel -- Passions and passion : the "loose" lady, woman wisdom, and the Lukan Jesus -- Out of mind, out of voice : slave-girls and prophetic daughters in Luke-Acts -- Women of "the cloth" in Acts : sewing the Word. |
| Summary |
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 h. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bible. Gospels -- Feminist criticism.
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Bible. Gospels. |
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Feminist criticism. |
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Bible. Acts -- Feminist criticism.
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Bible. Acts. |
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Bible. Acts. |
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Bible. Gospels. |
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Jesus Christus. |
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Neues Testament. |
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Women in the Bible.
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Women in the Bible. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spencer, F. Scott (Franklin Scott). Dancing girls, loose ladies, and women of the cloth. New York : Continuum, ©2004 0826416128 (DLC) 2004009121 (OCoLC)55036713 |
| ISBN |
9781441140234 (electronic book) |
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1441140239 (electronic book) |
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1283205750 |
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9781283205757 |
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0826416128 |
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9780826416124 |
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