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...answer for the gender theorists has to do with the value they place on the "text." The "text, they believe, is the alpha and omega of existence; it is through the text--be it a bible, a play, a legal code, even a film--that we mediate our lives. Words and language creates our "subjectivity," not the other way around. So to these fashionable theorists, gender is a mere social construct; no mushy meshing of sex membranes influences sex roles...
Early in the "Bible" course, Kugel explains that ancient interpreters are responsible for four enduring assumptions about the text...
...Early in "The Bible," Kugel explains that ancient interpreters are responsible for four enduring assumptions about the text...
...full text of the paper can be found at http://www.cell.com...
...ingenious con schemes bring the text to life, and because Sheila McGough refuses to admit any wrong doing at the expense of either herself or her client, Malcolm finds her obstinate, even infuriating. Always self-analyzing, Malcolm emphasizes this dramatic battle between journalist and subject even as she elevates McGough as a compelling heroine. With a twinkle in her eye, Malcolm writes: "I don't know if I've ever had a more irritating subject...I have never before interrupted, lost patience with, spoken so unpleasantly to a subject as I have to Sheila...