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The Pentateuch

A Liberation-Critical Reading
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Alice Laffey's rereading of the major themes of the first five books of the Bible will enable readers to gain a firm grasp of the contents of this major literary corpus. Like other volumes in this series, it will also point the way to a different reading of Scripture, one that raises today's questions-power, liberation, justice, andpreeminently connectedness. Laffey highlights neglected resources in the text in order "to approach these texts from the perspective of a respectfully interdependent worldview." In this work we witness a radical expansion and transformation of feminist biblical criticism to incorporate concern for all humans, all animals, all nature in a global, even cosmic way.
Alice L. Laffey is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.
1. Cosmic and Human Interdependence (creation and harmony) 2. Use, Not Abuse (flood, judgment) 3. The Land, a Promised Treasure 4. Sin: The Legitimization of Patriarch and Hierarchy 5. Liberation (Exodus) 6. Belonging: Covenantal Relationship 7. Reciprocity (justice, holiness)
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