Feminist Companion to John: Volume 1

Description

This successor to the "Feminist Companion to the Bible" brings together the new and classical studies of the New Testament and early Christian literary corpus from the whole range of feminist perspectives now available. The first of two volumes devoted to the Johannine literature, this deals with the Fourth Gospel. 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 Adulteress in John's Gospel"; and Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger on "Transcending Gender Boundaries in John".

Amy-Jill Levine is the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies, Vanderbilt University Divinity School and Graduate Department of Religion, and director of the Carpenter Program in religion, gender and sexuality in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

'Levine provides [an] attentive and judicious introduction, giving the collection shape...as well as pointing to occasional problems...All the essays are meticulously annotated, and the comprehensive bibliography offers access to other feminist and traditional work on John. This Feminist Companion, like earlier volumes, will be an important resource for courses on the Gospel and for further research.' Mary Rose D'Angelo, RBL, 10/2006 -- Mary Rose D'Angelo * RBL *