Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains takes as a starting point
the hermeneutics of suspicion, throws in queer theory and blazes
like a meteor; it throws light into corners and exposes the edges
of discourses long perceived to be closed and tightly bounded. The
book illustrates the way in which texts and interpretations have
been manipulated for the purpose of power and control and through
radical and playful counter readings it boldly challenges both the
power and the control. The articles consider ways in which the
female divine has been pushed back due to relentless male
interpretation and misrepresentation yet how a thread that can be
woven into a tapestry of rebellion remains. Carol Christ reminds us
how even liberation theology has not been blameless in the
eradication of the female divine. When the authors turn their
attention to 'great figures of the bible' the results are
explosive. Ken Stone taking a queer glance at the sadomasochistic
relationship between God and Jeremiah and Marcella Althaus-Reid
inviting us to look at the postcolonial Rahab using cruising as a
hermeneutical technique. important part of hospitality within the
Hebrew Scriptures and the Song of Songs as a challenge to
heteropatriarchy. This book was conceived as a useful resource for
students who need to read different perspectives and as a challenge
to those who wish to use narrow readings as a power base for
hierarchies of exclusion. It does both these rather diverse things
since it is written by scholars in an accessible way which makes it
very difficult to dodge the issues they are questioning - there is
no place to hide from these persuasive articles.
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