The Queer Bible Commentary, Second Edition

Description

First published over ten years ago, The Queer Bible Commentary brings together the work of several scholars and pastors known for their interest in the areas of gender, sexuality and Biblical studies. Contributors draw on feminist, queer, deconstructionist, utopian theories, the social sciences and historical-critical discourses. The focus is both how reading from lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or transgender perspectives affect the reading and interpretation of biblical texts and how biblical texts have and do affect LGBTQ+ communities. This revised 2nd edition includes updated bibliographies and chapters taking into account the latest literature relating to queer interpretation of scripture.

Sujets

• Biblical Commentary
• Philosophie et théologie
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd
• Date de parution: 30 septembre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780334060802
• Langue: English

Extrait

Queer Bible Commentary
Second Edition
Edited by
Mona West and Robert E. Shore-Goss






© The Editors and Contributors 2022
First Edition published in 2006
Second Edition published in 2022 by
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Contents
The Contributors
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements for Scripture Translations
Abbreviations
Part 1: The First Testament
Genesis – Michael Carden
Exodus – Jay Michaelson
Leviticus – David Tabb Stewart
Numbers – Carmen Margarita Sanchez De Leon
Deuteronomy – Deryn Guest
Joshua – Deryn Guest
Judges – Deryn Guest
Ruth – Mona West
1 and 2 Samuel – Ken Stone
1 and 2 Kings – Ken Stone
1 and 2 Chronicles – Brian Rainey
Ezra-Nehemiah – Durrell Watkins
Esther – Mona West
Job – K. Renato Lings
Psalms – S. Tamar Kamionkowski
Proverbs – Elizabeth Stuart
Ecclesiastes – Jennifer L. Koosed
Song of Songs – Anddré S. Musskopf
Isaiah – Timothy Koch
Jeremiah – Angela Bauer-Levesque
Lamentations – Deryn Guest
Ezekiel – Teresa Hornsby
Daniel – Mona West
The Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets – Michael Carden
Bibliography
Part 2: The Second Testament
Matthew – Thomas Bohache
Mark – Ana Ester Pádua Freire
Luke – Robert E. Shore-Goss
John – Robert E. Shore-Goss
Acts of the Apostles – Sean D. Burke
Romans – Tom Hanks
1 and 2 Corinthians – Holly E. Hearon
Galatians – Melissa Harl Sellew and Joshua M. Reno
Ephesians – Karl Hand
Philippians – Justin Tanis
Colossians – Thomas Bohache
1 and 2 Thessalonians – Theodore Jennings with Robert E. Shore-Goss
The Pastoral Letters – Deborah Krause and Robert E. Shore-Goss
Philemon – Hugo Córdova Quero
Hebrews – Tom Hanks
James – William Countryman
1 and 2 Peter – Robin Hawley Gorsline
1, 2, and 3 John – William Countryman
Jude – William Countryman
Revelation/Apocalypse – Tina Pippin and J. Michael McNeir Clark
Bibliography




The Contributors
Angela Bauer-Levesque is Emerita Professor of the faculty of the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA. She received a PhD from Union Theological Seminary and an MDiv from Universitat Hamburg. She is the author of Gender in the Book of Jeremiah: A Feminist-Literary Reading , Seeing God in Diversity: Exodus and Acts , and The Indispensable Guide to the Old Testament . She has emphasized various aspects of social location (gender, race, sexual identity) and their impact on hermeneutics.
The Revd Thomas Bohache retired in 2018 from active ministry after pastoring churches in California, Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey and teaching courses at the seminary level in the areas of Bible, gender, and theology. Currently he is affiliated with the Episcopal Church, preaching and teaching in northwest Texas and lecturing in the sociology department of Texas Tech University. He is the author of Christology from the Margins (SCM Press, 2008) and co-editor and contributor to The Queer Bible Commentary (1st edn, SCM Press, 2006) and Queering Christianity (Praeger, 2013). He dedicates his work in this volume to his life- and soulmate, the Revd Tom Simmons.
The Revd Sean D. Burke is an Associate Professor of Religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. He joined Luther’s faculty in 2007 and currently serves the college in the role of Associate Provost. He is the author of Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch: Strategies of Ambiguity in Acts (Fortress Press, 2013). He is also an Episcopal priest. See the full list of publications at https://www.luther.edu/burkse01/assets/SeanBurkeCV.pdf.
Michael Carden is the Support and Event Coordinator for Griffith University Postgraduate Students Association. Michael completed his PhD in 2002 at the School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, University of Queensland. His book, Sodomy: A History of a Christian Biblical Myth , was based on his dissertation and published by Equinox Publications in 2004. As well as the essays in the Queer Bible Commentary , Michael has published a number of essays on Bible, sexuality and religion, including contributions to Queer Commentary and the Hebrew Bible (2001), Redirected Travel: Alternative Texts, Readings and Spaces in Biblical Studies (2003), Popular Spiritualities: The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment (2006), and Speak Now: Australian Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage (2011). He contributed to and co-edited, together with Julie Kelso and Roland Boer, The One Who Reads May Run: Essays in Honour of Edgar W. Conrad (2012). Michael has a long history of community involvement and activism around LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS issues and was convenor of the Queer History Action Group in the Queensland Aids Council 2009–16 and helped organize a range of events and activities around the Museum of Brisbane exhibition, Prejudice and Pride, in 2010.
Hugo Córdova Quero is Associate Professor of Critical Theories and Queer Theologies and Director of Online Education at Starr King School, Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He holds a PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies in Religion, Migration, and Ethnic Studies (2009) and an MA in Systematic Theology and Critical Theories (2003) both from the GTU; and an MDiv (1998) from ISEDET University, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a member of the research groups Emerging Queer Asian & Pacific Islander Religion Scholars, Multidisciplinary Study Group on Religion and Public Incidence (GEMRIP) and the Queer Migrations Research Network. He is also a fellow at the Institute for the Study of Asian Religions (CERAL), Pontifical University of São Paulo (Brasil). Member of the Global Interfaith Network (GIN), he is actively working in Latin America to promote interreligious dialogue among queer believers from different religions, spiritualities, and beliefs.
The Revd L. William Countryman is Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the Church Divinity School (Berkeley). He received a PhD from University of Chicago. He is an ordained Episcopal priest. He is author of The Mystical Way according to John: Crossing over into God , Interpreting the Truth: Changing the Paradigm of Biblical Studies , Good News of Jesus: Reintroducing the Gospel , and Dirt, Greed, and Sex: Sexual ethics in the New Testament . For a listing of his books, see https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/l-william-countryman/233582/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAraSPBhDuARIsAM3Js4rc3pSgsv4cSxCw772sBgoR-7cxDm8jhraFMatKxsfehsNAWBnkx9EaAunqEALw_wcB
Deryn Guest is Senior Lecturer at the University of Nottingham. She received her PhD from University of Birmingham UK. Her research interests are focused on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered interpretations of the Hebrew Bible. Prior to her academic career, Deryn worked as a Salvation Army minister, and she retains a keen interest in the biblical hermeneutics operative within faith communities. She is author of When Deborah Met Jael: Lesbian Biblical Hermeneutics ; YHWH and Israel in the Book of Judges: An Object-Relations Analysis ; and Beyond Feminist Biblical Studies ; and is co-editor of Transgender, Intersex, and Biblical Interpretation .
The Revd Karl Hand is a pastor in Metropolitan Community Churches, serving at CRAVE Church in Sydney, Australia (on Gadigal Land). On a global level, he works on the Council of Elders of Metropolitan Community Churches. He has a PhD in New Testament through Charles Sturt University.
The Revd Tom Hanks has been a missionary since 1963 in Latin America. Dr Hanks has written commentaries on every book in the Bible, each focusing on the themes of (1) oppression-poverty; (2) women; and (3) sexual diversity. These commentaries are available in both Spanish and English from the website of Other Sheep: www.fundotrasovejas.org.ar under that section on Bible/Biblia and may be downloaded at no cost.
The Revd Robin Hawley Gorsline received his PhD from Union Theological Seminary and is a retired pastor in Metropolitan Community Churches. He is a lover of all beings, queer public theologian, writer and poet, and antiracist/anticapitalist/pro-Palestinian advocate who lives in Greenbelt MD with his husband of 24 years and their standard poodle. He is co-editor of Disrupting White Supremacy from Within: What White People Need to Know.
Holly Hearon is T.J. and Virginia Liggett Professor of Christian Traditions and New Testament Emerita at Christian Theological Seminary (Indianapolis). She is completing, with Débora Junker, a commentary on James for the Wisdom Commentary Series . Through CTS, she was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant to present, in partnership with the early music vocal group The Rose Ensemble, a special pro