Book Description
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 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).
Her education includes: M.Div. (Theologicum), Lic. theol. University of
Würzburg and Dr. Theol. University of Münster. Schüssler Fiorenza has
received honorary doctorates from Denison University, St. Joseph?s College,
St. Bernard?s Theological Institute, and the University of Uppsala. Her
appointment is in New Testament Studies/Early Christianity and Religion and
Society.
She previously taught at the University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, Indiana)
and The Episcopal Divinity School (Cambridge, Massachusetts).
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