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Till the Heart Sings: A Biblical Theology of Manhood and Womanhood
288
by Samuel Terrien
Samuel Terrien
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Till the Heart Sings: A Biblical Theology of Manhood and Womanhood
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by Samuel Terrien
Samuel Terrien
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This new edition of Till the Heart Sings, including a substantial foreword by Phyllis Trible, makes available again Samuel Terrien's rich, acclaimed study of the biblical witness to personhood. Sweeping yet selective in scope, the book argues that the Bible as a whole advances a theology of manhood and womanhood unique in the ancient world. This theology, which resides in the main thrust of Scripture, turns away from sexism and misogyny to confer upon woman as well as man the full stature of humanity. Terrien begins his argument where the Bible itself begins, with creation. He describes the first woman as "the crown of creation," in a mutual relationship with the first man. He then proceeds through Scripture — including the prophets, the Wisdom literature, the Gospels, and the Pauline letters — systematically showing that when the books of the Old and New Testaments are viewed in their historical growth, they reveal a theology of manhood and womanhood that runs counter to both traditional Judaism and Christianity and to modern religious attitudes and practices. In the course of his thorough analysis of Scripture, Terrien eloquently examines a host of themes bearing on the issues of gender and personhood, from the myth of the Garden and the erZs-agap3 continuum in the Song of Songs to male overreaction to sexual mysticism and the Gnostic personification of wisdom. Terrien also explores matters related to marriage, homosexuality, and male and female priesthood, all with the aim of uncovering a truly biblical understanding of the relationship between the genders and between all people and God.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780802822376 |
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Publisher: | Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company |
Publication date: | 04/13/2004 |
Series: | The Biblical Resource Series (BRS) |
Pages: | 288 |
Product dimensions: | 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.60(d) |
About the Author
Samuel Terrien (1911-2002) was Davenport Professor Emeritus of Hebrew and Cognate Languages at Union Theological Seminary in New York. His many other books include Till the Heart Sings: A Biblical Theology of Manhood and Womanhood and The Elusive Presence: Toward a New Biblical Theology.
Table of Contents
Foreword | ix | |
Preface | xxiii | |
Introduction | 1 | |
Hermeneutics and Theology | ||
Sexuality and Canonical Exegesis | ||
The Gospel and the Law | ||
The Thrust of Hebraic Faith Within Christianity | ||
Chapter 1 | Woman, Crown of Creation | 7 |
The Two Stories of Creation | ||
The Myth of the Garden | ||
Man's Existential Loneliness | ||
Woman as Savior | ||
An Aesthetic and Lasting Mystery | ||
The Totality of Love | ||
Precedence of "Maritality" over Male Filiality | ||
Paradigm of Covenantal Mutuality | ||
Chapter 2 | The Lure of Infinity | 19 |
Snake Worship | ||
Magical Use of Sexuality | ||
The Attempt to Grasp Infinity | ||
The Tree of Absolute Knowledge | ||
A Lust for Self-Deification | ||
Chapter 3 | The Eros-Agape Continuum | 29 |
Human Love in the Hebrew Epic | ||
Interpretations of the Song of Songs | ||
Structure and Unity | ||
A Musical Masque of Love | ||
Against Eden's Curse | ||
Chapter 4 | The Gender of God | 51 |
Human Love as Theological Metaphor | ||
Maternal Semantics and the Mother Goddess | ||
Paternal Tyranny and Divine Fatherhood | ||
Matriarchy and the Fatherhood of God | ||
Chapter 5 | Circumcised Male and Pollutant Female | 71 |
Ezekiel and the Pentateuch | ||
Circumcision as Covenant Rite | ||
Laws of Sexual Purity | ||
Women in Ancient Hebraism | ||
Women in Early Judaism | ||
Chapter 6 | The Play of Wisdom | 87 |
The Ecumenical Outlook | ||
Early Wisdom and Woman | ||
The Inaccessibility of Divine Wisdom | ||
The Play of Wisdom in Yahweh's Presence | ||
Toward a Theology of Mediation | ||
Chapter 7 | From Sophia to Logos | 103 |
Wisdom and the Eros-Agape Continuum | ||
The Love of Wisdom in Ben Sirach | ||
Wisdom and Zion | ||
The Hellenistic Sophia | ||
Jesus and Wisdom | ||
The Johannine Logos | ||
Chapter 8 | Jesus, Woman, and the Fatherhood of God | 121 |
Womanhood in Ritual Judaism | ||
The Women Who Followed Jesus | ||
The Sexuality of Jesus | ||
Wisdom's Vindication in Womanhood | ||
The Violation of the Torah | ||
Sexual Sin and Male Pride | ||
The Samaritan Woman as Apostle | ||
Mary Magdalene, Midwife to Christianity | ||
Jesus and the Fatherhood of God | ||
Chapter 9 | Men and Women in the Infant Church | 143 |
Men and Women in the Jerusalem Church | ||
The Magnificat and Radical Feminism | ||
Men and Women in the Greco-Roman Churches | ||
Women Ministers and Apostles | ||
Chapter 10 | Paul on Human Liberation | 159 |
Was Paul a Celibate? | ||
Paul's Ideal of Marriage | ||
The Half-liberated Legalist | ||
The Voice of Woman in the Church | ||
The Issue of Homosexuality | ||
Man and Woman as New Beings | ||
Chapter 11 | The Ambiguities of the Second Generation | 175 |
Was Hebrews Written by a Woman? | ||
The Followers of Paul | ||
Gnostic Deviations and Male Politics | ||
The Unresolved Tensions | ||
Chapter 12 | Man and Woman in Christianity | 199 |
A God-centered Humanism | ||
Wisdom in the Word | ||
Androgyny and the Eschatological Woman | ||
The Wonders and the Pitfalls of Human Love | ||
Toward a New Theology of Priesthood | ||
Our Father Who Art in Heaven | ||
Principal Abbreviations | 225 | |
Notes | 227 | |
Selected Bibliography | 233 | |
Indexes | 251 | |
Passages | 251 | |
Subjects | 257 | |
Authors | 259 |
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