A Critically Engaged Project in Cultural History

The volumes in this encyclopaedia study the Bible as "The Book" of Western culture. They explore how religion has shaped gender identity and roles, stereotypes and relationships between men and women in Western culture.

The interdisciplinary conversation found here brings together voices from the fields of biblical exegesis, cultural history, archaeology and art history, literary history and musicology.

In academic contexts where religious literacy can no longer be assumed, the encyclopaedia provides a useful tool for research in the humanities.

This series of volumes engages biblical interpretation from the standpoint of our contemporary social context and will promote the ideals of democracy and gender equality.

A Project in the History of Theology

This project intends to engage, in a critical way, both the Bible and the history of interpretation.

It presents the socio-political consequences which have resulted from particular interpretive traditions.

In particular, the series examines how gender inequality has been legitimized by referring to the Bible and tradition.

Since tradition is not monolithic, the encyclopaedia explores diverse interpretations arising out of various communities of discourse.

Presenting this complex history of interpretation in its cultural context provides a corrective to religious fundamentalism.

A Project that will put into practice the principles of multi-disciplinary gender research.

As an international, interdenominational and multi-disciplinary work, the encyclopaedia is not supplemental or compensatory to other historical projects. Rather, it presents a new conception of history, one that integrates gender as a key tool of analysis.

Nineteenth-Century Women’s Movements and the Bible

Nineteenth-Century Women’s Movements and the Bible

  • Eds.
    Angela Berlis
  • Christiana de Groot

Year 2024

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The Jewish Middle Ages

The Jewish Middle Ages

  • Eds.
    Carol Bakhos
  • Gerhard Langer

Year 2023

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Ancient Christian Apocrypha

Ancient Christian Apocrypha

  • Eds.
    Outi Lehtipuu
  • Silke Petersen

Year 2022

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Rabbinic Literature

Rabbinic Literature

  • Eds.
    Tal Ilan
  • Lorena Miralles-Maciá
  • Ronit Nikolsky

Year 2022

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Prophecy and Gender in the Hebrew Bible

Prophecy and Gender in the Hebrew Bible

  • Eds.
    L. Juliana Claassens
  • Irmtraud Fischer

Year 2021

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Early Middle Ages

The Early Middle Ages

  • Eds.
    Franca Ela Consolino
  • Judith Herrin

Year 2020

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Faith and Feminism in Nineteenth-Century Religious Communities

Faith and Feminism in Nineteenth-Century Religious Communities

  • Eds.
    Michaela Sohn-Kronthaler
  • Ruth Albrecht

Year 2019

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Early Jewish Writings

Early Jewish Writings

  • Eds.
    Eileen Schuller
  • Marie-Theres Wacker

Year 2017

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The high middle ages

THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES

  • Eds.
    Kari Elisabeth Børresen, Adriana Valerio

Year 2015

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Gospels

GOSPELS: NARRATIVE AND HISTORY

  • Eds.
    Mercedes Navarro Puerto, Marinella Perroni

Year 2015

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Writings

THE WRITINGS AND LATER WISDOM BOOKS

  • Eds.
    Christl M. Maier, Nuria Calduch-Benages

Year 2014

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Feminist Studies

FEMINIST BIBLICAL STUDIES IN THE 20TH CENTURY

  • Ed.
    Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza

Year 2014

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La TORAH

TORAH

  • Eds.
    Irmtraud Fischer
  • Mercedes Navarro Puerto
  • Collaborator
    Andrea Taschl-Erber

Year 2011

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GENERAL EDITORS
  • Irmtraud Fischer

    Graz University, Austria

  • Mercedes Navarro Puerto

    Madrid, Spain

  • Adriana Valerio

    Napoli University, Italy

  • Charlotte Methuen,

    University of Glasgow, UK

PUBLISHERS
CONSULTANT FOR HISTORY OF JUDAISM
  • Adele Berlin

    University of Maryland, USA