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Book Patriarchs  Prophets and Other Villains

Download or read book Patriarchs Prophets and Other Villains written by Lisa Isherwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains takes as a starting point the hermeneutics of suspicion. The book illustrates the way in which texts and interpretations have been manipulated for the purpose of power and control. Through careful-counter readings it challenges the ways in which the female divine has been pushed back by relentless male interpretation and misrepresentation. The essays range across liberation theology and queer theory to sexual hospitality and the 'Song of Songs' as a challenge to hetero-patriarchy. The book provides an accessible resource for any student interested in the ways in which narrow readings of Scripture can become a power base for hierarchies of exclusion.

Book Patriarchs  Prophets and Other Villains

Download or read book Patriarchs Prophets and Other Villains written by Lisa Isherwood and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patriarchs, Prophets and Other Villains takes as a starting point the hermeneutics of suspicion. The book illustrates the way in which texts and interpretations have been manipulated for the purpose of power and control. Through careful-counter readings it challenges the ways in which the female divine has been pushed back by relentless male interpretation and misrepresentation. The essays range across liberation theology and queer theory to sexual hospitality and the 'Song of Songs' as a challenge to hetero-patriarchy. The book provides an accessible resource for any student interested in the ways in which narrow readings of Scripture can become a power base for hierarchies of exclusion.

Book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets

Download or read book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets written by S. Baring-Gould and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets is a work by Sabine Baring-Gould. It discusses and presents us with stories and myths from the bible from a multi-religious perspective.

Book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets

Download or read book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-26 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets: And Other Old Testament Characters From Various Sources AN incredible number of legends exists connected with the personages whose history is given in the Old Testament. The collection now presented to the public must by no means be considered as exhaustive. The compiler has been obliged to limit himself as to the number, it being quite impossible to insert all. He trusts that few of peculiar interest have been omitted. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Characters

Download or read book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Characters written by S. Baring-Gould and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1881 Edition.

Book Patriarchs and Prophets

Download or read book Patriarchs and Prophets written by Ellen G. White and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-29 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patriarchs and Prophets recite biblical stories from the creation of life to the rule of King David. The book, written and understandably, answers many important questions, like why good people have problems, why hardworking people don't breakthrough, and why some children are born sick? Why does Almighty God not stop this all? In this book, one can find answers to these and many other questions.

Book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Characters from Various Sources

Download or read book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Characters from Various Sources written by S 1834-1924 Baring-Gould and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-08 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Chatacters from Various Sources

Download or read book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Chatacters from Various Sources written by Sabine Baring-Gould and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incredible number of legends exists connected with the personages whose history is given in the Old Testament. The collection now presented to the public must by no means be considered as exhaustive. The compiler has been obliged to limit himself as to the number, it being quite impossible to insert all. He trusts that few of peculiar interest have been omitted. The Mussulman traditions are nearly all derived from the Talmudic writers, just as the history of Christ in the Koran is taken from the Apocryphal Gospels. The Koran follows the “Sepher Hajaschar” (Book of the Just) far more closely than the canonical Scriptures; and the “Sepher Hajaschar” is a storehouse of the Rabbinic tradition on the subject of the Patriarchs from Adam to Joshua. The Jewish traditions are of various value. Some can be traced to their origin without fail. One class is derived from Persia, as, for instance, those of Asmodeus, the name of the demon being taken, along with his story, from Iranian sources. Another class springs from the Cabbalists, who, by permutation of the letters of a name, formed the nuclei, so to speak, from which legends spread. Another class, again, is due to the Rabbinic commentators, who, unable to allow for poetical periphrasis, insisted on literal interpretations, and then coined fables to explain them. Thus the saying of David, “Thou hast heard me from among the horns of the unicorns,” which signified that David was assisted by God in trouble, was taken quite literally by the Rabbis, and a story was invented to explain it. Another class, again, is no doubt due to the exaggeration of Oriental imagery, just as that previously mentioned is due to the deficiency of the poetic fancy in certain Rabbis. Thus, imagination and defect of imagination, each contributed to add to the store. But when we have swept all these classes aside, there remains a residuum, small, no doubt, of genuine tradition. To this class, if I am not mistaken, belong the account of Lamech and his wives, and the story of the sacrifice of Isaac. In the latter instance, the type comes out far clearer in the Talmudic tradition that in the canonical Scriptures; and this can hardly have been the result of Jewish interpolation, knowing, as they did, that Christians pointed triumphantly to this type. With regard to Jewish traditions, it is unfortunate that both Eisenmenger and Bartolocci, who collected many of them, were so prejudiced, so moved with violent animosity against the Rabbinic writers, that they preserved only the grotesque, absurd, and indecent legends, and wholly passed over those—and there are many of them—which are redolent of poetry, and which contain an element of truth. A certain curious interest attaches to these legends—at least, I think so; and, should they find favor with the public, this volume will be followed by another series on the legends connected with the New Testament characters.

Book The Spirituality of Anorexia

Download or read book The Spirituality of Anorexia written by Emma White and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely popularized images of unobtainable and damaging feminine ideals can be a cause of profound disjunction between women and their bodies. A consequence of this dissonance is an embodied performance of these ideals with the potential development of disordered eating practices, such as anorexia nervosa. This book develops a spirituality of anorexia by suggesting that these eating disorders are physical symptoms of the general repression of feminine nature in our culture. Furthermore, it puts forward Goddess feminism as a framework for a healing therapeutic model to address anorexia and more broadly, the "slender ideal" touted by society. The book focuses on the female body in contemporary society, specifically the development of anorexia nervosa, and what this expression communicates about female embodiment. Drawing upon the work of a variety of theorists, social commentators, liberation theologians and thealogians, it discusses the benefits of adopting female-focused myths, symbols and rituals, drawing upon the work of Marion Woodman and Naomi Goldenberg. Ultimately, it theorises a thealogical approach to anorexia aimed at displacing the damaging discourses that undermine women in the twenty-first century. Offering an alternative model of spirituality and embodiment for contemporary women, this book will be of keen interest to scholars of theology, religious studies, gender studies and psychology.

Book The Prophets

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  • Author : Matthew J. M. Coomber
  • Publisher : Fortress Press
  • Release : 2016-10-10
  • ISBN : 1506415865
  • Pages : 380 pages

Download or read book The Prophets written by Matthew J. M. Coomber and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise commentary on the Prophets, excerpted from the Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, engages readers in the work of biblical interpretation. Contributors from a rich diversity of perspectives connect historical-critical analysis with sensitivity to current theological, cultural, and interpretive issues. Each chapter (Isaiah through Malachi) includes an introduction and commentary based on three lenses: ancient context, the interpretative tradition, and contemporary questions and challenges. The Prophets introduces fresh perspectives and draws students, preachers, and interested readers into the challenging work of interpretation.

Book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Characters

Download or read book Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Characters written by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-04 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legends of the patriarchs and prophets and other Old Testament characters is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Book Are We Not Men

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  • Author : Rhiannon Graybill
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2016-11-24
  • ISBN : 0190627379
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Are We Not Men written by Rhiannon Graybill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-24 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are We Not Men? offers an innovative approach to gender and embodiment in the Hebrew Bible, revealing the male body as a source of persistent difficulty for the Hebrew prophets. Drawing together key moments in prophetic embodiment, Graybill demonstrates that the prophetic body is a queer body, and its very instability makes possible new understandings of biblical masculinity. Prophecy disrupts the performance of masculinity and demands new ways of inhabiting the body and negotiating gender. Graybill explores prophetic masculinity through critical readings of a number of prophetic bodies, including Isaiah, Moses, Hosea, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. In addition to close readings of the biblical texts, this account engages with modern intertexts drawn from philosophy, psychoanalysis, and horror films: Isaiah meets the poetry of Anne Carson; Hosea is seen through the lens of possession films and feminist film theory; Jeremiah intersects with psychoanalytic discourses of hysteria; and Ezekiel encounters Daniel Paul Schreber's Memoirs of My Nervous Illness. Graybill also offers a careful analysis of the body of Moses. Her methods highlight unexpected features of the biblical texts, and illuminate the peculiar intersections of masculinity, prophecy, and the body in and beyond the Hebrew Bible. This assembly of prophets, bodies, and readings makes clear that attending to prophecy and to prophetic masculinity is an important task for queer reading. Biblical prophecy engenders new forms of masculinity and embodiment; Are We Not Men?offers a valuable map of this still-uncharted terrain.

Book Patriarchs and Prophets

Download or read book Patriarchs and Prophets written by Ellen G. White and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Biblical Blaspheming

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  • Author : Yvonne Sherwood
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 2012-09-06
  • ISBN : 1107007860
  • Pages : 403 pages

Download or read book Biblical Blaspheming written by Yvonne Sherwood and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the persistence of 'blasphemy' in modern secular democracies and examines ways of talking and thinking about the Bible.