Slavery, Gender, Truth, and Power in Luke-Acts and Other Ancient Narratives

• Main Author: Cobb, Christy (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Bible-Theology.; Feminist theology.; Gender identity-Religious aspects.; Theology.; Hermeneutics.; Biblical Studies.; Feminist Theology.; Religion and Gender.; Christian Theology.

This book examines slavery and gender through a feminist reading of narratives including female slaves in the Gospel of Luke, the Acts of the Apostles, and early Christian texts. Through the literary theory of Mikhail Bakhtin, the voices of three enslaved female characters-the female slave who quest...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction: (Re)Turning to Truth
• Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations: Bakhtin and Narratology
• Chapter 3: The Slave-Girl Who Sees: Luke 22:47-62
• Chapter 4: The Slave-Girl Who Answers: Acts 12:12-19
• Chapter 5: The Girl Who Prophesies: Acts 16:17-18
• Conclusion: When Truth Equals Freedom.