Gender, Tradition, and Romans : Shared Ground, Uncertain Borders - Cristina Grenholm

Gender, Tradition, and Romans

Shared Ground, Uncertain Borders

By: Cristina Grenholm (Editor), Daniel Patte (Editor)

Paperback | 1 May 2006 | Edition Number 1

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From a gender perspective, Romans differs from many biblical texts. It contains few explicit mentions of gender, no household code, and it has been understood as promoting universalism. However, this volume joins several feminist commentators in showing how crucial Romans is for understanding Paul's view of gender. The approach of the "Romans through History and Cultures" project, scriptural criticism, constitutes a special challenge for gender studies of Romans. By affirming the legitimacy and plausibility of diverse interpretations of Romans from a gender perspective, this volume asks: How can the commitment to raising women's issues be combined with openness towards divergent interpretations? Struggling with this twofold commitment, the authors of this volume show that in relation to Romans as shared ground one finds traditions either promoting or challenging gender injustice. While Romans remains shared ground, its borders and the borders of the community it envisions become uncertain. Who is included or excluded can be negotiated in different contexts, including those of our time. The volume is thus divided into three parts: mapping traditions in Romans; challenging gendered traditions in Romans; and gender and the authority of Romans. The concluding essays once again ask: Does scriptural criticism really do justice to feminist concerns?
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I wholeheartedly concur with the final statement, which is appreciative of the intensive scholarly effort evidenced in this collection: 'Scholarship on Romans as whole would be greatly strengthened by engaging with the issues and insights raised in the conversation with these scholars' Veronica Koperski Barry University, Miami, FL--Sanford Lakoff

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