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In this book, Caryn A. Reeder examines the gendered language and imagery of war and peace in the Gospel of Luke. Peace is represented with the blessing of fertility, pregnancy, and newborn infants. Pregnant and nursing women, women and children in general, and feminized Jerusalem also represent the horrors of war in the Gospel - abandoned, crushed to the ground, subject to woe and distress, to the point that barren wombs and dry breasts become a blessing. Reeder argues that the representation of peace with pregnant women and newborn infants, the most vulnerable in the population, indicates that victory belongs to God. This message is clarified by the encouragement of surrender and flight from besieged Jerusalem, rather than an active defense. Notably, there are no men to defend Jerusalem in Luke's warnings of war. The Gospel undermines the masculinization of war commonly found in Greco-Roman texts by redirecting the means of making peace from the violence of victory to the unmanly act of surrender.
War --- Peace --- Sex --- 226.4 --- 22.08*3 --- 22.08*3 Bijbelse theologie: themata --- Bijbelse theologie: themata --- 226.4 Evangelie volgens Lucas --- 226.4 Evangile de S. Luc --- Evangelie volgens Lucas --- Evangile de S. Luc --- Biblical teaching --- Bible. --- Luc (Book of the New Testament) --- Lucas (Book of the New Testament) --- Luka (Book of the New Testament) --- Lukan săn zăn︠g︡g (Book of the New Testament) --- Lukas (Book of the New Testament) --- Luke (Book of the New Testament) --- Lūqā (Book of the New Testament) --- Nuga pogŭm (Book of the New Testament) --- Ruka den --- Ruka ni yoru fukuinsho --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Biblical teaching.
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Most Christians have heard a familiar description of the Samaritan woman in John 4: she was a sinner, an adulteress, even a prostitute. Throughout church history, the woman at the well has been seen narrowly in terms of her gender and marital history. What are we missing in the story? And what difference does our interpretation of this passage make for women and men in the church? Caryn A. Reeder calls us to see the Samaritan woman in a different light. Beginning with the reception history of John 4, she pulls back layers of interpretation entangled with readers' assumptions on women and sexuality. She then explores the story's original context, describing life for women and expectations regarding marriage and divorce in the first century. With this clarified lens, Reeder's exegesis of the passage yields refreshing insights on what the Gospel says―and does not say―about the woman at the well. Throughout the book, Reeder draws connections between interpretations of this text and the life of the church. The sexual objectification of the Samaritan woman and minimization of her positive contribution has ongoing consequences for how women are seen and treated―including in the failure of many Christian communities to respond well to accusations of abuse. In the age of #MeToo and #ChurchToo, The Samaritan Woman's Story offers a bold challenge to teach the Bible in a way that truly honors the value and voices of women.
Samaritan woman --- Bible. --- Feminist criticism
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Family violence in the Bible --- Family violence --- Family violence --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- Religious aspects --- Judaism --- History of doctrines --- Bible. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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