Womanist Interpretations of the Bible

Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, 1993

Medieval Feminist Forum, 2004

As the academic year winds down, I think the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship can boast of several major accomplishments. First of all, we have a new institutional home: Minot State University in North Dakota, under the leadership of Michelle M. Sauer of the English Department. As ofJuly 1, 2004, Michelle will serve as Managing Editor of Medieval Feminist Forum and will also assume responsibility for keeping track of SMFS membership. The administration of Minot State has been enthusiastic and generous in their support for taking over the nuts and bolts of managing SMSF and MFF.

As the Evangelical Theological Society celebrates 65 years of a blessed existence, we are looking back from where we came and looking forward to where we are going. But unless we can move forward with all evangelicals, our work will not survive. The ETS is patently under-populated by women. Currently only 7% of the members are female. But even this percent is high compared to the (in)visible role of women within the society and in the journal. The object of this paper, therefore, will be to explore the dissonance between the purposes of the ETS, the mission of the journal, and the constitutional by-laws with actual member participation, journal involvement, and conference activity of women. If the ETS wants to move vibrantly into the future, we must evaluate our current trajectory. Underutilizing the expertise of trained evangelical women scholastics entails the quality of academic work is lopsided, and the theological mind dwarfed. While simply saying that female participation should represent gender percentage in the world would be not only unreasonable but also legalistic, fostering a learned environment that supports women’s academic advances and advancement must be more fully addressed. Our future depends on it.

Currents in Biblical Research, 2017

biblical scholarship is changing at a rapid pace. The variety of methods for interpreting the Bible has increased dramatically in recent years, as is shown, for example, by the growing interest in literary approaches such as narrative criticism, and in approaches focused on areas outside both literary and biblical research, for instance, the articles on biblical themes as interpreted in the cinema. The past twenty-five years have seen a growing interest by biblical scholars in structuralist criticism, reader response criticism, rhetorical criticism, social-scientific criticism, feminist interpretation, ideological criticism, and deconstructive criticism, in addition to major advances in the work being done on the broader contexts within which ancient Israel and early Christianity developed. Long-standing methods of research have undergone substantial reappraisal, as, for instance, in the areas of 'biblical' archaeology and the history of early Israel. The field now reaches well beyond the encompassing historical-critical consensus that had dominated biblical scholarship throughout most of the twentieth century. This increasing variety and flexibility in method has added richness and depth to our understanding of the Bible and its contextual world. The growing variety of approaches is healthy and energizing, and indicates the vitality of contemporary biblical scholarship. However, this variety also makes it very difficult for scholars, especially those who teach or write across a broad spectrum of biblical studies, to stay informed about the numerous recent developments in the many different areas of biblical scholarship. Add to this the virtual explosion in books, journals, Festschriften, encyclopedias and online sites, and one can immediately see the need for a journal to keep readers apprised of recent developments in this rapidly expanding field of scholarship. Given this increasing diversity of methods and interests in contemporary biblical scholarship, the need for Currents is even clearer today than it was when the first issue was published in 1993. Currents also welcomes proposals for articles relating to all facets of Judaism in the late Second Temple and early Rabbinic periods. This includes, but is not limited to, essays on recent research in Pseudepigrapha, Qumran, Mishnah, Midrash and

Eikon, 2022

Yearbook for Traditional Music, 2011

The Cornerstone Biblical Commentary is based on the second edition of the New Living Translation (2004). Nearly 100 scholars from various church backgrounds and from several countries (United States, Canada, England, and Australia) participated in the creation of the NLT. Many of these same scholars are contributors to this commentary series. All the commentators, whether participants in the NLT or not, believe that the Bible is God's inspired word and have a desire to make God's word clear and accessible to his people. This Bible commentary is the natural extension of our vision for the New Living Translation, which we believe is both exegetically accurate and idiomatically powerful. The NLT attempts to communicate God's inspired word in a lucid English translation of the original languages so that English readers can understand and appreciate the thought of the original writers. In the same way, the Cornerstone Biblical Commentary aims at helping teachers, pastors, students, and laypeople understand every thought contained in the Bible. As such, the commentary focuses first on the words of Scripture, then on the theological truths of Scripture-inasmuch as the words express the truths. The commentary itself has been structured in such a way as to help readers get at the meaning of Scripture, passage by passage, through the entire Bible. Each Bible book is prefaced by a substantial book introduction that gives general historical background important for understanding. Then the reader is taken through the Bible text, passage by passage, starting with the New Living Translation text printed in full. This is followed by a section called "Notes," wherein the commentator helps the reader understand the Hebrew or Greek behind the English of the NLT, interacts with other scholars on important interpretive issues, and points the reader to significant textual and contextual matters. The "Notes" are followed by the "Commentary," wherein each scholar presents a lucid interpretation of the passage, giving special attention to context and major theological themes. The commentators represent a wide spectrum of theological positions within the evangelical community. We believe this is good because it reflects the rich variety in Christ's church. All the commentators uphold the authority of God's word and believe it is essential to heed the old adage: "Wholly apply yourself to the Scriptures and apply them wholly to you." May this commentary help you know the truths of Scripture, and may this knowledge help you "grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord" (2 Pet 1:2, NLT). PHILIP W. COMFORT GENERAL EDITOR BHS Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia (Elliger and Rudolph) [1983] CAD Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago [1956] COS The Context of Scripture (3 vols., Hallo and Younger) [1997-2002] DBI Dictionary of Biblical Imagery (Ryken, Wilhoit, Longman) [1998] DBT Dictionary of Biblical Theology (2nd ed., Leon-Dufour) [1972] DCH Dictionary of Classical Hebrew (5 vols., D. Clines) [2000] DJD Discoveries in the Judean Desert [1955-] DJG Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (Green, McKnight, Marshall) [1992] DOTP Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch.

The introduction to the 26th edition of the Journal of Religion and Culture: Sexed Religion.

Critical Research on Religion, 2013

A series of parallel developments across the world marked the end of the apparently declining significance of religion and its renewed role in the public sphere. Among these are the rise of the religious right in the United States; the demise of secular pan-Arabism and the emergence of Islamism from North and West Africa to the Pacific; the collapse of the Soviet Union and the reemergence of public religion in post-Communist societies; the end of the Cultural Revolution and the emergence of a range of religious movements in the People's Republic of China; and the declining hegemony of the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America, first through Liberation Theology and then through the growth of Pentecostalism. Both secular and religious intellectuals have been at odds whether to embrace these religious movements with open arms or treat them as atavistic regressions. These conditions create the need for a new journal, which can critically assess the current landscape.

AJS Review, 2011

In keeping with our ongoing quest to explore new formats and subjects suitable for AJS Review, we present a film symposium around the subject of a recent film, A Serious Man. We hope to include more material on Jews and the arts in future issues. This film symposium was curated by Riv-Ellen Prell of the University of Minnesota; the editors thank her for her efforts. In addition, we present an Exchange with two scholars who have written very different books on the subject of Menah. em Mendel Schneerson. While not an exchange in the technical sense, as the writers were not responding to one another, we hope nevertheless that the contrast in disciplinary approaches and personal styles will prove illuminating to our readers and further introduce them to the variety of ways a subject can be examined within the fields of scholarly Jewish studies.