The Pentateuch: A Liberation-Critical Reading

by Alice L. Laffey

Overview

Alice Laffey's rereading of the major themes of the first five books of the Bible will enable readers to gain a firm grasp of the contents of this major literary corpus. Like other volumes in this series, it will also point the way to a different reading of Scripture, one that raises today's questions-power, liberation, justice, andpreeminently connectedness. Laffey highlights neglected resources in the text in order "to approach these texts from the perspective of a respectfully interdependent worldview." In this work we witness a radical expansion and transformation of feminist biblical criticism to incorporate concern for all humans, all animals, all nature in a global, even cosmic way.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800628727
Publisher:	Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date:	09/01/1998
Series:	Liberation-Critical Reading of the Old Testament Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Alice L. Laffey is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

1. Cosmic and Human Interdependence (creation and harmony)

2. Use, Not Abuse (flood, judgment)

3. The Land, a Promised Treasure

4. Sin: The Legitimization of Patriarch and Hierarchy

5. Liberation (Exodus)

6. Belonging: Covenantal Relationship

7. Reciprocity (justice, holiness)