Susanne Scholz is professor of Old Testament at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.
Description
Introduction: Feminist Readings of the Bible as Political Artifact Part I: The Pedagogical Politics in Academia and Society 1. Redesigning the Biblical Studies Curriculum 2. Occupy Academic Bible Teaching 3. Standing at the Crossroads with Raisanen's Programme Part II: The Politics of Method 4. "Tandoori Reindeer" Exegesis 5. Back Then It Was Legal 6. Lederhosen Hermeneutics 7. The Forbidden Fruit for the New Eve 8. Tell Me How You Read This Story and I Tell You Who You Are Part III: The Politics of Hermeneutical and Cultural Alternatives 9. Discovering a Largely Unknown Past for a Vibrant Present 10. Was It Really Rape in Genesis 34? 11. "Belonging to All Humanity" 12. How to Read Biblical Rape Texts with Contemporary Title IX Debates in Mind 13. Biblical Studies in Feminist Biblical Studies, and Vice Versa 14. Barbaric Bibles Index