A Feminist Companion to John (2003 Levine, Blickenstaff), edited volume

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A Feminist Companion to John (2003) is a volume edited by Amy-Jill Levine, and Marianne Blickenstaff.

Abstract

"The first of two volumes devoted to the Johannine literature. The contents include an introduction by the editor, F. Scott Spencer on 'You Just Don't Understand' (Or Do You?): Jesus, Women, and Conversation in the Fourth Gospel; Jennifer Berenson McLean on The Divine Trickster: A Tale of Two Weddings in John; Stephen Moore, Are There Impurities in the Living Water that the Johannine Jesus Dispenses? and Jerome Neyrey, What's Wrong with this Picture? John 4, Cultural Stereotypes of Women, and Public and Private Space.Jane Webster writes on Overcoming Difference: Strange Woman to Samaritan Woman; Mona West on The Raising of Lazarus: A Lesbian Coming Out Story; Holly Toensing on Divine Intervention or Divine Intrusion? Jesus and the Adultress in John's Gospel; and Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger on Transcending Gender Boundaries in John ... The second feminist volume volume on Johannine literature includes an Introduction by Amy-Jill Levine; Adele Reinhartz on Women in the Johannine Community: An Exercise in Historical Imagination; Satako Yamaguchi, 'I Am (I Do)' Sayings and Women in Context and Dorothy Lee, Abiding in the Fourth Gospel.Colleen Conway writes on Gender Matters in John; Adeline Fehribach on The Crucifixion in the Fourth Gospel: A Birthing Moment; Deborah Sawyer on Water and Blood: Birthing Images in John's Gospel; Harold Attridge on Don't Be Touching Me: Recent Feminist Scholarship on Mary Magdalene; and Jane Schaberg, Thinking Back through the Magdalene."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in London, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2003.

Contents

Volume 1:

  • Introduction / Amy-Jill Levine
  • 'You just don't understand' (or do you?): Jesus, women, and conversation in the Fourth Gospel / F. Scott Spencer
  • The divine trickster: a tale of two weddings in John / Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean
  • Are there impurities in the living water that the Johannine Jesus dispenses? / Stephen D. Moore
  • What's wrong with this picture?: John 4, cultural stereotypes of women, and public and private space / Jerome H. Neyrey
  • Transcending alterity: strange woman to Samaritan woman / Jane S. Webster
  • The raising of Lazarus: a lesbian coming out story / Mona West
  • Divine intervention or divine intrusion?: Jesus and the adulteress in John's Gospel / Holly J. Toensing
  • Transcending gender boundaries in John / Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger

Volume 2:

  • Introduction / Amy-Jill Levine
  • Women in the Johannine community: an exercise in historical imagination / Adele Reinhartz
  • 'I am' sayings and women in context / Satoko Yamaguchi
  • Abiding in the Fourth Gospel: a case study in feminist biblical theology / Dorothy Lee
  • Gender matters in John / Colleen Conway
  • The 'birthing' bridegroom: the portrayal of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel / Adeline Fehribach
  • John 19.34: from crucifixion to birth, or creation? / Deborah Sawyer
  • 'Don't be touching me': recent feminist scholarship on Mary Magdalene / Harold W. Attridge
  • Thinking back through Mary Magdalene / Jane Schaberg

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