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Micah (Hardcover)
Julia M O'Brien; Edited by Barbara E Reid; Volume editing by Carol J. Dempsey; Contributions by Kharma Amos, Matthew J.M. Coomber, …
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R1,190
Discovery Miles 11 900
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This volume brings gender studies to bear on Micah's powerful
rhetoric, interpreting the book within its ancient and modern
contexts. Julia M. O'Brien traces resonances of Micah's language
within the Persian Period community in which the book was composed,
evaluating recent study of the period and the dynamics of power
reflected in ancient sources. Also sampling the book's reception by
diverse readers in various time periods, she considers the
real-life implications of Micah's gender constructs. By bringing
the ancient and modern contexts of Micah into view, the volume
encourages readers to reflect on the significance of Micah's
construction of the world. Micah's perspective on sin, salvation,
the human condition, and the nature of YHWH affects the way people
live-in part by shaping their own thought and in part by shaping
the power structures in which they live. O'Brien's engagement with
Micah invites readers to discern in community their own hopes and
dreams: What is justice? What should the future look like? What
should we hope for? 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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