Sex working and the Bible

Sex working and the Bible

by Ipsen, Avaren

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The Bible contains many stories of prostitution. Feminist and liberation readings of these biblical narratives have often made sex workers invisible. 'Sex Working and the Bible' examines stories of biblical prostitution through the experiences and understanding of sex workers today. The Bible narratives - ranging across Rahab in the Book of Joshua, the story of Solomon and the two prostitutes, the anointing women traditions, and the apocalyptic vision of the whore of Babylon in Revelation - are…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Sex working and the Bible / Avaren Ipsen.

Summary

The Bible contains many stories of prostitution. Feminist and liberation readings of these biblical narratives have often made sex workers invisible. 'Sex Working and the Bible' examines stories of biblical prostitution through the experiences and understanding of sex workers today. The Bible narratives - ranging across Rahab in the Book of Joshua, the story of Solomon and the two prostitutes, the anointing women traditions, and the apocalyptic vision of the whore of Babylon in Revelation - are set within both a practical and theoretical framework. This radical book offers a new, more inclusiv.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Equinox Pub
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 237 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781845537661, 1845537661, 9781317490678, 1317490673, 9781315711010, 131571101X, 1322509751, 9781322509754
  • oclc:ocn647929406
  • LC Classification:BS511.3
  • Dewey Decimal:220.8/30674

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Methodological and political analysis : a preferential option for prostitutes? -- Rahab's deal -- Solomon and the two prostitutes -- Anointing woman : "in memory of her" : the prequel -- The whore Babylon : violence against prostitutes -- Conclusions: Amendments to liberation hermeneutics.

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Subjects

Bibel Bible BIBLES -- General Bijbel Criticism, interpretation, etc prostitutie Prostitution Prostitution -- Biblical teaching RELIGION -- Biblical Reference

Writers

Ipsen, Avaren

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