An Ethically Responsible Reading of the Bible: A Muslim Perspective on the Veiling of Women in Paul (1 Cor. 11)
With the recent awareness about the ethical implications of biblical interpretation for those outside ecclesiastical authority (i.e. those falling outside the white, middle-class, Euro-American, etc. identities), there has also been an interest in the ethics of biblical interpretation as it relates...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
2022
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2022, Issue: 3, Pages: 73-83 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 1. 11
/ Velation
/ Woman
/ Exegesis
/ Islam
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BJ Islam HC New Testament NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Christians
B Biblical Criticism |
| Summary: | With the recent awareness about the ethical implications of biblical interpretation for those outside ecclesiastical authority (i.e. those falling outside the white, middle-class, Euro-American, etc. identities), there has also been an interest in the ethics of biblical interpretation as it relates to those outside the church. For example, a number of scholars have drawn attention to the points when Christian liberationist readings have been put in anti-Jewish rhetoric. In this essay, I point to modern liberationist readings of Paul's veiling commandment (1 Cor. 11) that have contributed to the othering of the veil as an alleged symbol of the Oriental, the Jew, the Greek, and more generally, the non-European. This analysis is supported by a survey of the reception history of the passage, as well as postcolonial theory. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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