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Feminist interpretation of the Bible and the Hermeneutics of liberation

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In this article, the authors present a re-reading of the Bible in the context of the Hermeneutics of Liberation for African American women in the Middle East, focusing on the Book of Ruth Tal Ilan and the Stolen Bible.
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Silvia Schroer, "We Will Know Each Other by Our Fruits" - Feminist Exegesis and the Hermeneutics of Liberation Renita J. Weems, Re-Reading for Liberation - Transforming the Way African American Women Read the Bible Adele Reinhartz and Marie-Theres Wacker, Some Reflections on Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics for Liberation Nancy Cardoso Pereira, Changing Seasons - About the Bible and other Sacred Texts in Latin America, Musa W. Dube Jumping the Fire with Judith - Postcolonial Feminist Hermeneutics of Liberation Philomena Njeri Mwaura, Feminist Biblical Interpretation and the Hermeneutics of Liberation - An African Woman's Perspective Viola Raheb, Women in Contemporary Palestinian Society - A contextual reading of the Book of Ruth Tal Ilan, A Secular, Jewish, Feminist Look at the Bible Highlights - Selected Statements from the Oral Discussions Elzbieta Adamiak, The Stolen Bible Sophia Bietenhard, Freedom, Liberation and Context as Hermeneutical Tasks Heike Walz, The Beautiful Princess and the Village Girls - The Power of Difference in the Intercultural Relations of Feminist Theologians Stella Baltazar, When Women Unite! Celebrate Our Differences as the Cause of Our Unity Kyung Sook Lee, The Biblical Hermeneutics of Liberation from the Perspective of Asian Christian Women - Recovering the Liberation, Tradition of Early Christianity in Korea Yak-Hwee Tan, The Question of Social Location and Postcolonial Feminist Hermeneutics of Liberation.

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