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Schssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth, 1938-

Bread not stone : the challenge of feminist biblical interpretation / - Boston Beacon Press ©1985 - xxv, 182 Pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-180) and index

1. Women-Church: The Hermeneutical Center of Feminist Biblical Interpretation -- 2. "For the Sake of our Salvation . . .": Biblical Interpretation and the Community of Faith -- 3. The Function of Scripture in the Liberation Struggle: A Critical Feminist Hermeneutics and Liberation Theology -- 4. Discipleship and Patriarchy: Toward a Feminist Evaluative Hermeneutics -- 5. Remembering the Past in Creating the Future: Historical-Critical Scholarship and Feminist-Critical Interpretation -- 6. Toward a Critical-Theological Self-Understanding of Biblical Scholarship

This feminist classic explores the ways in which women can read the Christian Bible with full understanding of both its oppressive and its liberating functions. In the substantial new Afterword to this edition, Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza situates Bread Not Stone in relation to mainstream Biblical scholarship, Catholic and Protestant theologies, liberation theologies, and nineteenth-century feminist writings on the Bible. -- Publisher description

ISBN: 9780807011034 0807011037 0807011002 9780807011003

LCCN: 84014669

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc
Bible--Feminist criticism

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Feminism--Religious aspects--Christianity

LC Class. No.: BS511.2 / .F56 1984

Dewey Class. No.: 220.6/