Jesus: Miriam's child, Sophia's prophet : critical issues in feminist Christology

by Schüssler Fiorenza, Elisabeth

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Title Statements

Full title :Jesus : Miriam's child, Sophia's prophet : critical issues in feminist Christology / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza.

Summary

Fiorenza charts the rise and fall into "historical amnesia" of the liberating movement gathered around Jesus as the prophet and messenger of Divine Sophia, or Woman Wisdom, the all-powerful female figure in early Jewish Scriptures and theology. While teachings about Women Wisdom permeate the texture of the Christian ("New") Testament, they were quickly clothed in what the author calls kyriocentric (ruling-male) language. Not simply a work of historical reconstruction, this is a work of constructive feminist theology, showing how the historically unrealized possibilities of Woman Wisdom can offer the vision of a different world and a different church. By assessing various Jesus traditions and interpretations as to whether they can engender liberating visions for today, the book seeks to challenge and transform masculine Christian identity formations and exclusivist theological frameworks toward the basileia vision of justice and well-being for all.--From publisher description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1994.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Continuum
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:1994.

The Physical Object

Description:x, 262 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0826406718, 9780826406712, 0826408583, 9780826408587
oclc:ocm31242797
LC Classification:BT205
Dewey Decimal:232/.082

Subjects

Bible., New Testament Christology Feminist criticism Feminist theology Femmes dans le christianisme -- Histoir… History Jesus Christ Théologie féministe Women in Christianity -- Early church Women in Christianity -- History -- Ear…