This feminist classic explores the ways in which women can read the Christian Bible with full understanding of both its oppressive and its liberating functions.
"Schussler Fiorenza stands among the most articulate and respected theologians who have challenged the silence and marginality that have characterized the great majority of Christian women for nearly 2,000 years. . . . Bread Not Stone engages issues, explicit and implicit, that are sure to spark discussion, argument, and reflection among thoughtful Christians." -The New York Times Book Review
Fiorenza is Krister Stendalh Professor of Scripture and Interpretation at Harvard Divinity School
"Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza stands among the most articulate and respected theologians who have challenged the silence and marginality that have characterized the great majority of Christian women for nearly 2.000 years." --Elaine H. Pagels The New York Times Book Review "Schussler Fiorenza has provided the feminist reader a valuable new and redemptive way to read the received Bible." --Los Angeles Times