Download PDF: Pierce, Violence and Annihilation Abstract Conservative biblical scholars and those on the Christian Right often deploy bigoted readings of Gen 19:1–11—the infamous story of Sodom and Gomorrah—that demean and censure the experiences and identities of LBGT communities. The
Download PDF: Greenstein, A Story of Love and Shame and Love Abstract The search for love can be a constructive hermeneutic force in reading sacred texts. The Zohar, the central text of the Jewish mystical tradition, applies such an approach
Download PDF: Dombkowski Hopkins, Bridging the Divide Abstract Biblical interpreters argue that the Bible is a gapped, polyphonic collection of texts. Pastoral theology argues that we as readers of the biblical text are multiple and fluid. For too long, the
Download PDF: Stoltz, Reimaining Eve ABSTRACT These two quilts were created to provide a fresh look at the story of Adam and Eve by forcing the viewer to return to the text and rethink the traditional interpretations that have dominated