性别与性态:布伦纳-伊丹的女性主义圣经诠释

Gender and Sexuality: Brenner-Idan's Feminist Biblical Interpretation

布伦纳-伊丹是荷兰—以色列著名的希伯来圣经女性主义学者.本文通过阅读她的著作,讨论其女性主义圣经诠释的方法及观点,特别关注她对希伯来圣经中性别差异和妇女故事的呈现,以及对女性性态与父权制意识形态之关联性的分析.布伦纳探讨了希伯来圣经中妇女和女性性态被父权制文化和社会性别化的过程,并将女性性态界定为“他者”、危险与混乱的一种象征.她还指出,作者和读者对文本进行性别化,作者和读者又被文本予以性别化.结语部分从20世纪女性主义的语境出发,对布伦纳-伊丹的圣经学术进行了总括性述评.

Athalya Brenner-Idan is a renowned Dutch Israeli feminist scholar of the Hebrew Bible.In a close reading of Brenner's works,the article discusses her method and viewpoints focusing mainly on her presentation of gender difference and women's stories in the Hebrew Bible,as well as her analysis of connections between female sexuality and patriarchal ideology.Brenner explores the process of how women and female sexuality are gendered by patriarchal culture and society in the Hebrew Bible.She defines female sexuality as a symbol of“otherness,”danger,and chaos.Furthermore,Brenner argues that authors and readers gender texts as well as being gendered by them.In conclusion,the article provides a general review of her scholarship in the feminist context of the twentieth century.