What Comes into a Woman and What Comes Out of a Woman
Feminist Textual Intervention and Mark 7:14–23
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7208653 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fletcher (0000-0002-6560-3772, corresponding author), Fletcher Fletcher (Institute of Religious Studies, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 25-25 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1553-3913 • E-ISSN: 8755-4178 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/jfemistudreli.30.1.25 |
| OpenAlex | W2038194069 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
This article introduces textual intervention as a reading strategy to examine whether interpretations of supposedly gender-inclusive biblical passages are actually inclusive. A detailed reading of Mark 7:14–23 with a female subject and object exposes how scholarly readings are based on male anatomy, excluding the female from the generic anthrōpos (person). Interpreters have previously believed the passage to centre on the ability of food and unclean hands to defile a person. However, this article's reading, which focuses on a female body, uncovers a radically different interpretation of the passage, revealing multivalent fields of reference within the text not previously seen and re-examining the classifications of inner and outer purity used in Mark 7 in light of female anatomy
Intervention (counseling · Psychiatry · Sociology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Development, Ethics, and Society · Gender Studies · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development
| Highly cited | No |
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