The Oxford handbook of New Testament, gender, and sexuality
Benjamin H. Dunning (Editor)
"Over several decades, scholarship in New Testament and early Christianity has drawn attention both to the ways in which ancient Mediterranean conceptions of embodiment, sexual difference, and desire were fundamentally different from modern ones and also to important lines of genealogical connection between the past and the present. The result is that the study of "gender" and "sexuality" in early Christianity has become an increasingly complex undertaking. This is a complexity produced not only by the intricacies of conflicting historical data, but also by historicizing approaches that query the very terms of analysis whereby we inquire into these questions in the first place. Yet at the same time, recent work on these topics has produced a rich and nuanced body of scholarly literature that has contributed substantially to our understanding of early Christian history and also proved relevant to ongoing theological and social debates. The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Sexuality in the New Testament provides a roadmap to this lively scholarly landscape, introducing both students and other scholars to the relevant problems, debates, and issues. Leading scholars in the field offer original contributions by way of synthesis, critical interrogation, and proposals for future questions, hypotheses, and research trajectories."-- Provided by publisher
eBook, English, 2019
Oxford University Press : Oxford University Press USA, New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 2019
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (xxv, 706 pages) : illustrations
9780190213411, 9780190213404, 0190213418, 019021340X
1123192570
List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsList of Contributors1. The New Testament and Early Christian Literature in the History of Gender and SexualityBenjamin H. DunningPART I. THEORY AND METHOD2. Feminist Biblical ScholarshipKatherine A. Shaner3. Reconstructing Women's History in AntiquityRoss S. Kraemer4. Material Culture and Historical AnalysisLaura Salah Nasrallah5. Masculinity StudiesColleen M. Conway6. Queer TheoryStephen D. Moore7. Gender and Sexuality in Postcolonial PerspectiveM. Adryael Tong8. Who Is The Text? The Gendered and Racialized New TestamentYii-Jan Lin9. "She Did That!": Female Agency in New Testament Texts--A Womanist ResponseShanell T. Smith10. LGBTIQ Strategies of InterpretationJoseph A. Marchal11. PosthumanismDenise Kimber BuellPART II. SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL CONTEXTS12. Jewish Women's Life and Practice in the World of the New TestamentTal Ilan13. Hellenistic Philosophy and LiteratureDavid E. Fredrickson14. Roman Imperial CultureDavina C. LopezPART III. TEXTS15. Jewish Literature of the Second Temple PeriodKarina Martin Hogan 16. Gospels and ActsAmy-Jill Levine17. Pauline LettersJorunn Økland18. General EpistlesTimothy Luckritz Marquis19. RevelationLynn R. Huber20. Nag Hammadi and Related LiteratureAnne McGuire21. Apocryphal ActsJennifer EylPART IV. PARADIGMATIC FIGURES22. JesusKaren L. King23. Mary MagdaleneAnn Graham Brock24. Mary, the Mother of JesusMary F. Foskett25. SophiaJonathan Cahana26. TheclaRoss S. KraemerPART V. TOPICS27. Leadership Roles and Early Christian Communities Carolyn Osiek28. Marriage, Adultery, and DivorceJennifer W. Knust29. Procreation, Children, and FamilyRobert H. Von Thaden, Jr. 30. Celibacy and VirginityB. Diane Lipsett31. Same-Sex RelationsBenjamin H. Dunning32. Sexual SlanderSusanna Drake33. ViolenceKimberly B. Stratton34. Slavery and Sexual AvailabilityJennifer A. Glancy35. ProstitutionCarly Daniel-Hughes36. The Resurrection BodyTaylor G. PetreyIndex