Gender and Power: Feminist Reading and Interpretation on the Biblical Law
Author
Hai-Hua Tian(Institute of Religious Studies Sichuan University)
Abstract
The paper is based on the ideological criticism of feminist reading and interpretation, in which it aims to present how the biblical laws construct gender. Deeply influenced by the scholarship of cultural anthropology and Foucauldian genealogical critique, and based on the examination of Hebrew laws, especially the subject of the Decalogue, the paper explores how the paradigm of male domination and female subordination is shaped in the androcentric discourse, and shows the relationship between the gender and power.
Keywords
gender, power, biblical law, feminist reading and interpretation
