Bread Not Stone: The Challenge of Feminist Biblical Interpretation

Annotation

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.

Author Biography

Fiorenza is Krister Stendalh Professor of Scripture and Interpretation at Harvard Divinity School

Review

"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

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