A Feminist Companion to Mark (2001 Levine, Blickenstaff), edited volume

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A Feminist Companion to Mark (2001) is a volume edited by Amy-Jill Levine, and Marianne Blickenstaff.

Abstract

"A Feminist Companion to Mark is the second volume of a new series covering the texts and history of Christian origins.There are 11 essays including: Kathleen Corley: Slaves, Servants and Prostitues: Gender and Social Class in Mark; Wendy Cotter: MarkÆs Hero of the Twelfth Year Miracles: The Healing of the Woman with the Hemorrhage and the raising of JairusÆs Daughter (Mark 5.21-43); Joanna Dewey: ôLet Them Renounce Themselves and Take Up Their Crossö: A Feminist Reading of Mark 8.34 in MarkÆs Social and Narrative World; Hisako Kinukawa: Women Disciples of Jesus (15.40-41, 15.47, 16.1); Dennis MacDonald: Renowned Far and Wide: the Women who Annointed Odysseus and Jesus; Elizabeth Struthers Malbon: The Poor Widow in Mark and her Poor Rich Readers; Victoria Phillips: The Failure of the Women Who Followed Jesus in the Gospel of Mark; Ranjini Wickramaratne Rebera: The Syrophoenician Woman: A South Asian Feminist Perspective; Sharon H. Ringe: A Gentle WomanÆs Story, Revisited: Rereading Mark 7.24-31a; and Marianne Sawicki: Making Jesus; and an introduction by the editor."--Publisher description.

Editions

Published in Sheffield, England: Sheffield Academic Press, 2001.

Contents

  • Introduction / Amy-Jill Levine
  • "Let them renounce themselves and take up their cross" : a feminist reading of Mark 8.34 in Mark's social and narrative world / Joanna Dewey
  • Simon Peter's mother-in-law, disciple or domestic servant? : Feminist biblical hermeneutics and the interpretation of Mark 1.29-31 / Deborah Krause
  • Mark's hero of the twelfth-year miracles : the healing of the woman with the hemorrhage and the raising of Jairus's daughter (Mark 5.21-43) / Wendy Cotter
  • A Gentile woman's story, revisited : rereading Mark 7.24-31 / Sharon H. Ringe
  • The Syrophoenician woman : a South Asian feminist perspective / Ranjini Wickramaratne Rebera
  • The poor widow in Mark and her poor rich readers / Elizabeth Struthers Malbon
  • Renowned far and wide : the women who anointed Odysseus and Jesus / Dennis R. MacDonald
  • Making Jesus / Marianne Sawicki
  • Women disciples of Jesus ([Mark] 15.40-41; 15.47; 16.1) / Hisako Kinukawa
  • Slaves, servants and prostitutes : gender and social class in Mark / Kathleen E. Corley
  • The failure of the women who followed Jesus in the Gospel of Mark / Victoria Phillips.

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