The Power of the Word: Scripture and the Rhetoric of Empire - Softcover

Fiorenza, Elisabeth Schussler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800638344 ISBN 13: 9780800638344

Publisher: Fortress Press, 2007

Synopsis

What is the purpose of reading the Bible? Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza tackles the tough question of the Bible's role in the world today and how its vision can further a more just world. She shows particularly the radical power of the Word to challenge imperial ways, the humiliation of persons, and the use of religion itself to keep people down, today as then. Finally, she offers an understanding of the implications of such a program for the field and practice of biblical studies, an indispensable partner in challenging the status quo.

About this title

About the Author:

Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza is the Krister Stendahl Professor of Scripture and Interpretation at Harvard Divinity School and past President of the Society of Biblical Literature. Among her many pioneering and influential works are In Memory of Her (1984), Revelation: Vision of a Just World (Fortress Press, 1991; 2d ed. 1998), Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet (1995), and Rhetoric and Ethic: The Politics of Biblical Studies (Fortress Press, 1999).

About this edition

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0800638344
• ISBN 13: 9780800638344
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288