Kimberly D Russaw
Biographic Data
| ID | 6760969 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kimberly D Russaw |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kimberly D |
| FAMILY NAME | Russaw |
| SIGNATURE | RUSSAW K D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Religion and Philosophy, Claflin University, Orangeburg, SC, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Wicked Look at Marriage in the Bible
The Politics of Respectability and Biblical Interpretation
Reading Hebrew Bible Narratives, written by J. Andrew Dearman, 2019
Reading Rahab with Larsen
This article explores what it might look like to read the biblical story of Rahab alongside literature from the African American literary canon. Specifically, the article examines the biblical account of Rahab found in Joshua 2 through the lens of identity and argues that, like characters in Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen’s novels Quicksand and Passing , Rahab is passing in Joshua 2. The characters Helga Crane from the novel Quicksand and…
Veils and Lap Cloths
Dr. Juanita Bynum serves as a proxy for modern-day patriarchal men who police women’s bodies in much the same way men policed women’s bodies in the biblical world. In sum, Bynum and biblical writers advance the patriarchal agenda of controlling the female body by employing barriers in the form of veils and lap cloths. In this article, I challenge the “cover up” projects of Bynum and the Black Church(es) by examining the use of veils in the Old Te…
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Veils and Lap Cloths
Dr. Juanita Bynum serves as a proxy for modern-day patriarchal men who police women’s bodies in much the same way men policed women’s bodies in the biblical world. In sum, Bynum and biblical writers advance the patriarchal agenda of controlling the female body by employing barriers in the form of veils and lap cloths. In this article, I challenge the “cover up” projects of Bynum and the Black Church(es) by examining the use of veils in the Old Te…
Reading Hebrew Bible Narratives, written by J. Andrew Dearman, 2019
Reading Rahab with Larsen
This article explores what it might look like to read the biblical story of Rahab alongside literature from the African American literary canon. Specifically, the article examines the biblical account of Rahab found in Joshua 2 through the lens of identity and argues that, like characters in Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen’s novels Quicksand and Passing , Rahab is passing in Joshua 2. The characters Helga Crane from the novel Quicksand and…
The Politics of Respectability and Biblical Interpretation
A Wicked Look at Marriage in the Bible
Art (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works) · Biblical studies (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (1 works)