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| Genre/Form: | Commentaries |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stacy Nicole Davis; Project Muse. |
| ISBN: | 9780814681886 0814681883 9780814681633 0814681638 |
| OCLC Number: | 995326012 |
| Notes: | "A Michael Glazier book." |
| Description: | 1 online resource (1 recurso en línea (xlvi, 126 páginas )) |
| Contents: | Haggai 1:1-15 : the art of persuasion -- Haggai 2:1-9 : God as "the man" -- Haggai 2:10-19 : ritual uncleanness without a marriage metaphor -- Haggai 2:20-23 : the personal as political as theological -- Malachi 1:6-2:9 : divine masculinity under attack -- Malachi 2:10-16 : is God a girl? -- Malachi 2:17-3:5 : divine masculinity restored -- Malachi 3:6-12 : (don't) give until it hurts -- Malachi 3:13-4:3 : warning : God will reign -- Malachi 4:4-6 : who has the last word? -- Afterword : a feminist rhetorical critical critical comment. |
| Series Title: | Book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Responsibility: | Stacy Davis ; Carol Dempsey, OP, volume editor ; Barbara E. Reid, OP, general editor. |
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"Stacy Davis's commentary on Haggai and Malachi offers readers a feminist approach to two deeply masculinist texts, both of which are prophetic responses to post-exilic Judaism."James Zeitz, Catholic Books Review "Prof. Davis provides a commentary on two minor prophets that might not immediately strike the casual reader as being a natural pair; however, the intertextual interplay between the ideological hopes for a temple and the reality of an established temple provide a gold mine for rhetorical, social and feminist interpretation. This is a short volume that displays the originality and insightfulness of this series as a whole. The very masculine deity of whom both prophets declare themselves spokesmen comes across, in Davis' apt phrase, as a "threatening complainer" that fully justifies viewing the populace as reluctant to simply obey commands. The politics of power, class, race, and interpretation are clearly on display in this dense, but readable (one is tempted even to say enjoyable) commentary. The usual commentary covers not only the biblical texts, and notes on translation, but the creation and causation of those translations. Thought-provoking with relevant passages included from everyone from Popes to laity, this is a scholarly work for everyone, from lay Bible readers to established scholars in the field."Lowell K. Handy, ATLA "A useful addition to scholarship on these prophets because Davis asks different questions about them from her feminist African-American perspective."Journal for the Study of the Old Testament From the Wisdom Commentary series Feminist biblical interpretation has reached a level of maturity that now makes possible a commentary series on every book of the Bible. It is our hope that Wisdom Commentary, by making the best of current feminist biblical scholarship available in an accessible format to ministers, preachers, teachers, scholars, and students, will aid all readers in their advancement toward God's vision of dignity, equality, and justice for all. The aim of this commentary is to provide feminist interpretation of Scripture in serious, scholarly engagement with the whole text, not only those texts that explicitly mention women. A central concern is the world in front of the text, that is, how the text is heard and appropriated by women. At the same time, this commentary aims to be faithful to the ancient text, to explicate the world behind the text, where appropriate, and not impose contemporary questions onto the ancient texts. The commentary addresses not only issues of gender (which are primary in this project) but also those of power, authority, ethnicity, racism, and classism, which all intersect. Each volume incorporates diverse voices and differing interpretations from different parts of the world, showing the importance of social location in the process of interpretation and that there is no single definitive feminist interpretation of a text. Read more...
