Womanist Biblical Hermeneutics: Bible Analysis

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Womanist biblical hermeneutics also focus on the matter of the Bible’s authority as sacred canon and illustrate ways that Black women are suspicious about the Bible’s authority. Douglas underscores how biblical discourse is shaped by the complicated realities of the persons conducting them. Additionally, she emphasizes that the texts, way we read those texts and authority that we give the Bible are informed by who we are as embodied beings. Thus, her scholarship reflects that neither can womanist biblical interpretation or any other biblical interpretation assert a singular or universal approach to biblical interpretation nor can womanists claim their biblical interpretations have absolute authority over other interpretations.
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