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Loading... Just Wives: Stories of Power and Survival in the Old Testament and Todayby Katharine Doob Sakenfeld
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Giving astute attention to social worlds of women of both ancient and modern times, Katharine Sakenfeld explores the stories of eleven women in the Old Testament. In clear and engaging fashion, she reveals the complexity of these women's lives, drawing out the issues they faced and relating their struggles to those women around the world face today. By encouraging women from across the world, in various cultures, to bring their own experiences to the biblical texts, and sharing the interpretation of some who already have, Sakenfeld allows her readers to see new possibilities for meaning in the Scriptures. Issues discussed include violence, sexual allure, personal betrayal, marginalization, power, and economic survival. Includes study questions for group discussion. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)221.922082Religions Bible Old Testament Geography, history, chronology, persons of Old Testament lands in Old Testament times Persons Collected treatmentLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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Sakenfeld is an OT professor at Princeton with a significant publication history, and world-wide experiences in multi-cultural ministry. As was noted above, she clearly defines her scholarly tools in the introduction of the book: the lenses of sociocultural background and rhetorical interpretation. Although she accesses the fruits of feminist and womanist scholarship, she does not abandon a high view of the scripture in order to do so. In speaking of alternative version of the narrative of Sarah and Hagar, she cautions, “Readers who view the Bible as Scripture must still struggle with these words, regardless of how they came to be included.” When examining the story of Gomer, she notes that “Most people who have hear of Gomer have probably assumed that they story took place more or less as described in the summary of chapters 1 and 3 above. That is my view as well. But it is important to realize that the story is not so straightforward as it first appears, and the complexities of the text have led to other views.” Later in the same chapter she tells us that, “ . . . I assume that Gomer and her children were real people . . . .” Repeatedly, she asserts a high view of the biblical text. It appears that Sakenfeld would seek to use scholarly tools (much as has Carol Meyers) to redeem the biblical text from the appearance of being a male-only text.
Sakenfeld gives a balanced perspective, carefully weighing the claims of many differing scholars operating from differing perspectives and using different tools. ( )