Perhaps the most revolutionary contribution of this volume is in its presentation of new and resistant practices of reading the Bible that challenge some of the prevailing "authorized" patterns of reading that allow the Bible to "clobber" oppressed people...If lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender, and seeking people are to take back this word for themselves, they must take it back in a new way
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Breathing Space for the Bible,
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This review is from: Take Back the Word: A Queer Reading of the Bible (Paperback)
The articles included in this book open space around Bible passages that for me were packed tight, even smothered, by the preaching and teaching of my childhood. Opening space for alternative readings allows the scriptures to breath and live again. The book does not hold forth a new dogma--a new absolute way to read the scripture. It does not replace one fundamentalism with another. The book is based on the premise that to read is always to interpret. Our reading is always influenced by who we are, when and where we live, and many other factors that affect our perspective. The authors acknowledge that they are reading the Bible passages as queers--as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people. In essense, the book asks again and again, what if we look at it this way? It opens possibilities. The book addresses the Garden of Eden, Exodus, Ruth, Jexable, Nehemiah, Jonah, Mary of Magdela, Lazurus, and many other people, stories, and passages. Some of the chapters are down to earth, others more scholarly. If a more open reading of the Bible is of interest to you, this book is for you.
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Intellectually dishonest,
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I was saddened after reading this collection of articles. These authors display some of the most dreadful examples of eisegesis I have ever seen. Throughtout history people of all stripes have attempted to use Scripture to justify their view or cause and this is yet another example.
An honest objective study of history, Biblical languages, along with a simple reading of the words of Scripture prove this book to be nothing more than wishful thinking on the part of another group who earnestly seeks legitimacy from Christianity.
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New York, Song of Songs, African American, San Francisco, Mary of Magdala, Fortress Press, Beacon Press, Hebrew Bible, New Testament, Christian Coalition, Original Man, Abingdon Press, Hebrew Scriptures, Nation of Islam, Cheryl Exum, Great Commission, Jesus Christ, Latin America, Sheffield Academic Press, Garden of Eden, Gerard Loughlin, Grand Rapids, Hebrew Exodus, John Knox Press, Mary Magdalene New!
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- Gay & Lesbian Theologies: Repetitions With Critical Difference by Elizabeth Stuart on page 87, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Bible After Babel: Historical Criticism in a Postmodern Age by John J. Collins on page 78, and Back Matter
- The Exile and the Prophet's Wife: Historic Events and Marginal Perspectives (Interfaces) by Johanna Stiebert on page 81, and Back Matter
- Progressive Black Masculinities? by Athena D. Mutua on page 117, and Back Matter
- New Testament Masculinities (Society of Biblical Literature Semeia Studies) by Stephen Moore in Front Matter
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