An Ethically Responsible Reading of the Bible: A Muslim Perspective on the Veiling of Women in Paul (1 Cor. 11)

With the recent awareness about the ethical implications of biblical interpretation for those outside ecclesiastical authority (i.e. those falling outside the white, middle-class, Euro-American, etc. identities), there has also been an interest in the ethics of biblical interpretation as it relates...

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Main Author: Tofighi, Fatima (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: SCM Press 2022
In: Concilium
Year: 2022, Issue: 3, Pages: 73-83
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Corinthians 1. 11 / Velation / Woman / Exegesis / Islam
IxTheo Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
BJ Islam
HC New Testament
NCA Ethics
Further subjects:B Christians
B Biblical Criticism
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Summary:With the recent awareness about the ethical implications of biblical interpretation for those outside ecclesiastical authority (i.e. those falling outside the white, middle-class, Euro-American, etc. identities), there has also been an interest in the ethics of biblical interpretation as it relates to those outside the church. For example, a number of scholars have drawn attention to the points when Christian liberationist readings have been put in anti-Jewish rhetoric. In this essay, I point to modern liberationist readings of Paul's veiling commandment (1 Cor. 11) that have contributed to the othering of the veil as an alleged symbol of the Oriental, the Jew, the Greek, and more generally, the non-European. This analysis is supported by a survey of the reception history of the passage, as well as postcolonial theory.
ISSN:0010-5236
Contains:Enthalten in: Concilium