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SBL Press eBooks, Apr 26, 2023
The history of the interpretation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the New Testament reflects the... more The history of the interpretation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the New Testament reflects the shifting questions and expanding methods that have shaped the field of biblical studies. As historical criticism has led to or been supplemented by feminist, gender, and contextual modes of analysis, the interpretation of Mary has brought matters pertaining to gender and sexuality increasingly to light. Mary’s footprint in the New Testament has been, of course, greatly outpaced by her role in Christian imagination. Whether querying the meaning and significance of Mary’s virginity or her portrayal as a mother, at stake in her interpretation is the construction of gender and sexuality itself.
Preliminary Table of Contents: Preface 1. Which Virgin? What Virginity? 2. Bodies and Selves 3. C... more Preliminary Table of Contents: Preface 1. Which Virgin? What Virginity? 2. Bodies and Selves 3. Constraining the Virgin: The Parthenos in Ancient Narrative 4. The Virgin Speaks 5. Defying Nature Notes Bibliography Index
SBL Press eBooks, May 6, 2022
Reading Biblical Texts Together
T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics, 2019
The Bible, Gender, and Sexuality, 2021
The Oxford Handbook of New Testament, Gender, and Sexuality, 2019
The history of the interpretation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the New Testament reflects the... more The history of the interpretation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the New Testament reflects the shifting questions and expanding methods that have shaped the field of biblical studies. As historical criticism has led to or been supplemented by feminist, gender, and contextual modes of analysis, the interpretation of Mary has brought matters pertaining to gender and sexuality increasingly to light. Mary’s footprint in the New Testament has been, of course, greatly outpaced by her role in Christian imagination. Whether querying the meaning and significance of Mary’s virginity or her portrayal as a mother, at stake in her interpretation is the construction of gender and sexuality itself.
SBL Press eBooks, Apr 26, 2023
The history of the interpretation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the New Testament reflects the... more The history of the interpretation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the New Testament reflects the shifting questions and expanding methods that have shaped the field of biblical studies. As historical criticism has led to or been supplemented by feminist, gender, and contextual modes of analysis, the interpretation of Mary has brought matters pertaining to gender and sexuality increasingly to light. Mary’s footprint in the New Testament has been, of course, greatly outpaced by her role in Christian imagination. Whether querying the meaning and significance of Mary’s virginity or her portrayal as a mother, at stake in her interpretation is the construction of gender and sexuality itself.
Preliminary Table of Contents: Preface 1. Which Virgin? What Virginity? 2. Bodies and Selves 3. C... more Preliminary Table of Contents: Preface 1. Which Virgin? What Virginity? 2. Bodies and Selves 3. Constraining the Virgin: The Parthenos in Ancient Narrative 4. The Virgin Speaks 5. Defying Nature Notes Bibliography Index
SBL Press eBooks, May 6, 2022
Reading Biblical Texts Together
T&T Clark Handbook of Asian American Biblical Hermeneutics, 2019
The Bible, Gender, and Sexuality, 2021
The Oxford Handbook of New Testament, Gender, and Sexuality, 2019
The history of the interpretation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the New Testament reflects the... more The history of the interpretation of Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the New Testament reflects the shifting questions and expanding methods that have shaped the field of biblical studies. As historical criticism has led to or been supplemented by feminist, gender, and contextual modes of analysis, the interpretation of Mary has brought matters pertaining to gender and sexuality increasingly to light. Mary’s footprint in the New Testament has been, of course, greatly outpaced by her role in Christian imagination. Whether querying the meaning and significance of Mary’s virginity or her portrayal as a mother, at stake in her interpretation is the construction of gender and sexuality itself.