But She Said: Feminist Practices of Biblical Interpretation

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Beacon Press, 1992 - Religion - 261 pages
One of the world's leading feminist theologians demonstrates how reading the Bible can be spiritually and politically empowering for women.

"Schüssler Fiorenza challenges us to destroy the dominant models of biblical interpretations that have held some people in subordination and to construct models that foster emancipatory faith communities." -National Catholic Reporter

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This book, written by a leading feminist theologian, pays close attention to the historical and social contexts of biblical stories and their later interpretations. Believing that all interpretation ... Read full review

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About the author (1992)

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza is author of Bread Not Stone (Beacon/paperback/0-8070-1231-9/$14.00), But She Said (Beacon/paperback/0-8070-1215-7/$14.00), and many other books. She is Krister Stendahl Professor of Scripture and Interpretation at Harvard Divinity School and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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