Francesca Stavrakopoulou
Biographic Data
| ID | 9164761 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesca Stavrakopoulou |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesca |
| FAMILY NAME | Stavrakopoulou |
| SIGNATURE | STAVRAKOPOULOU F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Francesca Stavrakopoulou is Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion at the University of Exeter, UK. Her academic career began at the University of Oxford, where she studied theology and went on to earn her doctorate. Having spent a further three years teaching and researching in Oxford as a post-doctoral fellow, she joined the University of Exeter in 2005. She was appointed to a personal chair in 2011. Francesca’s research is primarily focused on biblical traditions and ancient religious practices m |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2626-8844 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Divine Corporeality in the Hebrew Bible
Throughout the Hebrew Bible, divine corporeality is simply assumed. God not only has a body, but occasionally deigns to reveal his body or its parts to various high-profile figures. In this article, I explore some of the biblical traditions dealing with the divine body and argue that divine corporeality is essential to divine sociality: God’s body enables social relationships between the deity and his worshippers. Contrary to later interpretation…
Introducing a Hermeneutics of Cispicion
A hermeneutics of cispicion challenges cisnormative presuppositions that shape and, at times, occlude the variations in gender and sex exhibited by key characters in the ancestral narrative of Genesis 12–50. It charts the progression from Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics of suspicion, through liberation, feminist and queer approaches. Focusing on Deryn Guest's queer and trans hermeneutics, Henderson-Merrygold then offers a new strategy for reading aga…
Religion at Home
Making Bodies
Body-modification practices are well attested in the Hebrew Bible, but little understood. This discussion argues that the body can be understood as an on-going social and religious 'project,' to which various modification practices contribute. Accordingly, certain aspects of this bodily 'topography' of religion are mapped by exploring selected biblical portrayals of body modification, including cutting and adornment. The body has long been recogn…
Introduction
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Ecological Hermeneutics
A Palimpsest
A volume of collected essays that explores what we can learn about the producers and readers of biblical books by looking into matters of language, rhetoric, style, and ideology. What do they teach us about these literati’s world of knowledge and imagination, about the issues they had in mind and the ways they came to deal with them through authoritative literature? The book includes essays on such issues as whether linguistic theories can solve …
Palimpsest
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A Palimpsest
A volume of collected essays that explores what we can learn about the producers and readers of biblical books by looking into matters of language, rhetoric, style, and ideology. What do they teach us about these literati’s world of knowledge and imagination, about the issues they had in mind and the ways they came to deal with them through authoritative literature? The book includes essays on such issues as whether linguistic theories can solve …
Palimpsest
Ecological Hermeneutics
Making Bodies
Body-modification practices are well attested in the Hebrew Bible, but little understood. This discussion argues that the body can be understood as an on-going social and religious 'project,' to which various modification practices contribute. Accordingly, certain aspects of this bodily 'topography' of religion are mapped by exploring selected biblical portrayals of body modification, including cutting and adornment. The body has long been recogn…
Introduction
»Vielmehr bietet [der Kommentar] auf höchstem Niveau eine substantielle Auseinandersetzung mit den Hintergründen, den Zusammenhängen, der Theorie und der Praxis des Grundgesetzes. Besseres lässt sich von einem Verfassungskommentar nicht sagen.“ Herbert Günther Staaatsanzeiger für das Land Hessen 2018 (50), 1494–1495
Religion at Home
Introducing a Hermeneutics of Cispicion
A hermeneutics of cispicion challenges cisnormative presuppositions that shape and, at times, occlude the variations in gender and sex exhibited by key characters in the ancestral narrative of Genesis 12–50. It charts the progression from Paul Ricoeur's hermeneutics of suspicion, through liberation, feminist and queer approaches. Focusing on Deryn Guest's queer and trans hermeneutics, Henderson-Merrygold then offers a new strategy for reading aga…
Divine Corporeality in the Hebrew Bible
Throughout the Hebrew Bible, divine corporeality is simply assumed. God not only has a body, but occasionally deigns to reveal his body or its parts to various high-profile figures. In this article, I explore some of the biblical traditions dealing with the divine body and argue that divine corporeality is essential to divine sociality: God’s body enables social relationships between the deity and his worshippers. Contrary to later interpretation…
Art (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Biblical studies (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Bibel (2 works) · Bible (2 works) · Biblical Studies and Interpretation (2 works) · Criticism, interpretation (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Exegese (2 works)