“She Did That!”: Female Agency in New Testament Texts - A Womanist Response
Women in the ancient world have been presented by biblical writers and understood by later interpreters as either “good” or “bad” depending on how well they followed patriarchal rule. Women who claimed their own autonomy and made decisions that benefited themselves or their loved ones, despite patri...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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| In: |
The Oxford handbook of New Testament, gender, and sexuality
Year: 2019, Pages: 157-176 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hair
/ New Testament
/ Patriarchate
/ Prophecy
/ Feminism
/ Hermeneutics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
female agency
B African American agency B household code |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Women in the ancient world have been presented by biblical writers and understood by later interpreters as either “good” or “bad” depending on how well they followed patriarchal rule. Women who claimed their own autonomy and made decisions that benefited themselves or their loved ones, despite patriarchal hegemony, were viewed as “stepping out of their place.” However, this claiming of full personhood, of rejecting or resisting male superiority should be understood as female agency. This article examines, reimagines, and celebrates female agency in New Testament texts from a womanist perspective and encourages contemporary interpreters to do the same. |
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| ISBN: | 0190213418 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Oxford handbook of New Testament, gender, and sexuality
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190213398.013.34 |