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Feminist Hermeneutics And Biblical Studies Summary

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The Christian Century articles “Feminist Hermeneutics and Biblical Studies” by Phyllis Trible examines arguments made by feminist scholars about text in the bible that suggest mistreatment of women. Trible beings the article talking about the feminist movement and how they interpret and critique the bible. She states that the feminist’s argument focuses on how females were viewed unfairly and less desirable in the bible. Tribles then beings to focus on three perspectives of women in Scripture by mainly focusing on Hebrew Scriptures. She emphases a culture of patriarchy in Israel citing (Judg. 11:29-40), (II Sam. 13) and others to make the argument that there is evident of inferiority, subordination and abuse of women in Scripture. Trible also makes the argument that in some stances women are perceived as strong and resilient. Trible shows examples of this in (Jer. 31:15-22.) and [Exod. 2:2-4] and knowledges that it can’t be discounted in examining the bible as a whole. …show more content…

Personally I don’t think the text in the bible is purposely sexist or demeaning. I think that most of what is written in the bible is documented and takes into account the culture of Israel at that time. The time period in which most of the bible is documented has to be taken into account when critiquing the bible because a lot of the criticism from feminist has to do with the culture and not the message of the scripture. In conclusion Tribles article brought to light an argument and a discussion about the bible that needed to be talked about and

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