A Critically engaged Project in Cultural History

It studies the Bible as "The Book" of W Western culture. It explores how religion has shaped gender roles, stereotypes and relationships in Western culture.

It brings into interdisciplinary conversation areas such as biblical exegesis, cultural history, archaeology and art history, literary history and musicology.

In academic contexts where less and less factual knowledge about religious traditions can be presupposed, the ‘encyclopaedia’ will provide useful tools for humanities research.

It negotiates biblical interpretation from within contemporary societies based on ideals of democracy and gender equality.

A Project in History of theology

It questions, in a critical way, both the Scriptures and the later interpretive traditions.

It demonstrates the socio-political consequences of particular interpretations of the Bible.

It questions how gender inequality has been legitimised with reference to the Bible and T/tradition/s.

With its emphasis on diverse interpretations, diversity among interpreters and diversity in approaches to holy text, the project represents a corrective to religious fundamentalisms.

A Project that puts into practice the principles of interdisciplinary gender research, in that it is

International.

Interdenominational.

Multidisciplinary not a supplementary or compensatory history but rather a new, gender-integrated conception of history.

TORAH

• Eds.
  Irmtraud Fischer
• Mercedes Navarro Puerto

• Colaboration
  Andrea Taschl-Erber

Year 2009