Voicing Embodied Evil: Gynophobic Images of Women in Post-Exilic Biblical and Intertestamental Text

This article argues that Jung relies on dualistic and disembodied thinking in his treatment of women and that this has not helped improve our lot. The author suggests that Jung was influenced in his thinking by the biblical tradition, which is deeply gynophobic and imaged women as evil. The article...

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Main Author: Milne, Pamela J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2002
In: Feminist theology
Year: 2002, Volume: 10, Issue: 30, Pages: 61-69
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Summary:This article argues that Jung relies on dualistic and disembodied thinking in his treatment of women and that this has not helped improve our lot. The author suggests that Jung was influenced in his thinking by the biblical tradition, which is deeply gynophobic and imaged women as evil. The article illustrates how this thinking did not originate in the biblical writings but has been perpetuated through them even in psychological writings.
ISSN:1745-5189
Contains:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/096673500200003006