Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet: Critical Issues in Feminist Christology

by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza

Book Overview

In Jesus- Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet Elisabeth Sch'ssler Fiorenza makes a unique contribution to two quite different discussions of Jesus the Christ. On the one hand, she looks at biblical... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826408583
• ISBN13: 9780826408587
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Better than i expected

I had to read this for one of my religion classes, and i wasn't expecting it to be very interesting. However, once i got into the book, i found it to be very compelling. Fiorenza's insightful comments have made me go back and question what exactly is implied in the Gospels. She has done a fine job of pointing out that the patriarchal ideals found in Christianity were first found "in the context of the Greek city-state". One warning about this book: it's written for the academic community, and because of that, it doesn't make for easy reading.