Sex working and the Bible / Avaren Ipsen.

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Ipsen, Avaren

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Bible world (London, England)Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2014.Description: 1 online resource (x, 237 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781315711010
131571101X
1322509751
9781322509754
1317490673
9781317490678
1845537661
9781845537661

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Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

220.6 I649
220.6 I649

LOC classification:

BS511.3 .I67 2014

Other classification:

11.33

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Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Methodological and political analysis : a preferential option for prostitutes? -- ch. 3. Rahab's deal -- ch. 4. Solomon and the two prostitutes -- ch. 5. Anointing woman : "in memory of her": the prequel -- ch. 6. The whore Babylon : violence against prostitutes -- ch. 7. Conclusions : amendments to liberation hermeneutics.

Summary: The Bible contains many stories of prostitution. Feminist and liberation readings of these biblical narratives have often made sex workers invisible. 'Sex Working and the Bible' examines stories of biblical prostitution through the experiences and understanding of sex workers today. The Bible narratives - ranging across Rahab in the Book of Joshua, the story of Solomon and the two prostitutes, the anointing women traditions, and the apocalyptic vision of the whore of Babylon in Revelation - are set within both a practical and theoretical framework. This radical book offers a new, more inclusiv.

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Originally published 2009 by Equinox, an imprint of Acumen.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-231) and indexes.

The Bible contains many stories of prostitution. Feminist and liberation readings of these biblical narratives have often made sex workers invisible. 'Sex Working and the Bible' examines stories of biblical prostitution through the experiences and understanding of sex workers today. The Bible narratives - ranging across Rahab in the Book of Joshua, the story of Solomon and the two prostitutes, the anointing women traditions, and the apocalyptic vision of the whore of Babylon in Revelation - are set within both a practical and theoretical framework. This radical book offers a new, more inclusiv.

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