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Article: Reframing Her: Biblical Women in Postcolonial Focus.(Book Review)
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- Biblical Theology Bulletin
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- December 22, 2005
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REFRAMING HER: BIBLICAL WOMEN IN POSTCOLONIAL FOCUS. By Judith E. McKinlay. The Bible in the Modern World, I. Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2004. Pp. 195. $29.50.
In this volume, McKinlay has nicely woven together eight chapters of new and previously-published material into a coherent whole. Judging by this first title to appear, the new series, The Bible in the Modern World, promises to pay attention to how the Bible has been variously used around the world, and how new methods or "postures" of reading and interpretation can offer fresh perspectives on and insights into familiar stories in the Bible.
McKinlay's perspective is shaped by both ...