A Feminist Companion to John, Vol. 1

By Amy-Jill Levine

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826462553
• ISBN13: 9780826462558
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"