Feminist revision and the Bible

Description:

Extends the feminist examination of western literature to the founding document of patriarchal culture, the Bible. At the same time, it re-thinks certain customary assumptions about feminism and about the Bible, in the light of poetic 'readings' of Biblical texts by 19th and 20th century women writers. It proposes that women writers relate to the Bible in complex ways which both critique biblical misogyny and stem directly from elements of transgressive writing within the Biblical text, suggesting that feminist reinterpretations of the Bible constitute an inevitable consequence of radical spiritual values at the core of scripture itself.

subjects: Bible,  Religious aspects of Feminism,  Religious aspects,  Bible and literature,  Hermeneutics,  Women in the Bible,  Feminism,  Aspect religieux,  "Bible",  Bijbel,  Vrouwen,  Bibliographie,  Bibel,  Letterkunde,  Critique feministe,  Bible dans la litterature,  Feminisme,  Hermeneutique,  Femmes dans la Bible,  Frau,  20e s.,  Bibliografie,  Féminisme,  Bible dans la littérature,  Critique féministe,  Herméneutique,  Feminism, religious aspects