Hebrews seems like unpromising material for feminist
interpretation, although it is the only New Testament writing for
which female authorship has been seriously posited. Mary Ann Beavis
and HyeRan Kim-Cragg highlight the similarities between Hebrews and
the book of Wisdom/Sophia, which share cosmological, ethical,
historical, and sapiential themes, revealing that Hebrews is in
fact a submerged tradition of Sophia-Wisdom. They also tackle the
sacrificial Christology of Hebrews, concluding that in its ancient
context, far from symbolizing suffering and abjection, sacrifice
was understood as celebratory and relational. Contributions from
Filipina (Maricel and Marilou Ibita), Jewish (Justin Jaron Lewis),
historical (Nancy Calvert-Koyzis), and First Nations (Marie
Annharte Baker) perspectives bring additional scholarly, cultural,
religious, and experiential wisdom to the commentary. From the
Wisdom Commentary series Feminist biblical interpretation has
reached a level of maturity that now makes possible a commentary
series on every book of the Bible. It is our hope that Wisdom
Commentary, by making the best of current feminist biblical
scholarship available in an accessible format to ministers,
preachers, teachers, scholars, and students, will aid all readers
in their advancement toward God's vision of dignity, equality, and
justice for all. The aim of this commentary is to provide feminist
interpretation of Scripture in serious, scholarly engagement with
the whole text, not only those texts that explicitly mention women.
A central concern is the world in front of the text, that is, how
the text is heard and appropriated by women. At the same time, this
commentary aims to be faithful to the ancient text, to explicate
the world behind the text, where appropriate, and not impose
contemporary questions onto the ancient texts. The commentary
addresses not only issues of gender (which are primary in this
project) but also those of power, authority, ethnicity, racism, and
classism, which all intersect. Each volume incorporates diverse
voices and differing interpretations from different parts of the
world, showing the importance of social location in the process of
interpretation and that there is no single definitive feminist
interpretation of a text.
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