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Rape Culture and the Bible: Scholars Reflect book cover

1st Edition

Rape Culture and the Bible Scholars Reflect

Edited By Barbara Thiede Copyright 2026
140 Pages
by Routledge

Rape Culture and the Bible: Scholars Reflect  offers readers the opportunity to hear from prominent and influential biblical scholars and scholar activists as they reflect on their work on sexual violence vis-a-vis the Bible. This book covers major points of inquiry in the field, focusing primarily on the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. It explores debates on appropriate terminology;... Read more

1. Genesis (Or: How This Book Came to Be): Premises, Terminology, and Methods of Inquiry

Barbara Thiede


2. Centering Survivors: “The Work is Not Finished”

Lisa Oakley, Yehudis Fletcher, Gerald West, Sithembiso Zwane / Barbara Thiede with Johanna Stiebert


3. Origin Stories: Scholars Introduce Rape Culture, Survivor Voices, and Intersectionality

Harold C. Washington, Pamela Gordon, Caroline Blyth, Mitzi J. Smith / Barbara Thiede


4. Sexual Abuse and Violence in the Hebrew Bible: Terminology, Masculinity, and Intersectionality, Reprised

Sandie Gravett, Ken Stone, Sarojini Nadar / Barbara Thiede with Johanna Stiebert


5. Sexual Abuse, Sexual Violence, and Judeophobia in Text and Church

Miryam Clough, David Tombs, Meredith J. C. Warren, Erik Vanden Eykel / Barbara Thiede with Johanna Stiebert


6. Final Reflections

Barbara Thiede

Biography

Barbara Thiede is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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