Re-interpreting Deuteronomy to empower women (of South Africa)

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dc.contributor.author Pietersen, Christo Doniwen
dc.date.accessioned 2022-09-23T04:35:43Z
dc.date.available 2022-09-23T04:35:43Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.description This article is part of the dissemination of a PhD dissertation entitled, “Disempowerment of and Violence against Women: Old Testament Perspectives,” under the supervision of Prof. D.J. Human, Department of Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures, Faculty of Theology and Religion, University of Pretoria. en_US
dc.description.abstract The patriarchal discourse in the Deuteronomic Code creates the need for its re-interpretation from a feminist perspective. This is in aid of understanding the subordination of women viewed from the following perspectives: their roles, images and the limited contributions of women in the ancient world. The reading also includes some remarks on the patrilineal and patriarchal organisation of the Israelite society and its family-centred economy – with special reference to the Covenant Code because of its similarity to Deuteronomy. This article describes how reformers of the Code formed a social structure which they made effective by linking disempowerment of women with other poverty alleviation laws. en_US
dc.description.department Old Testament Studies en_US
dc.description.librarian am2022 en_US
dc.description.uri http://www.journals.co.za/content/journal/oldtest en_US
dc.identifier.citation Doniwen Pietersen, “Re-interpreting” the Deuteronomic Code to Empower Women (of South Africa),” Old Testament Essays 34 no. 3 (2021): 768 – 788. DOI: https://DOI.org/ 10.17159/2312-3621/2021/v34n3a7. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1010-9919 (print)
dc.identifier.issn 2312-3621 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.17159/2312-3621/2021/v34n3a7
dc.identifier.uri https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87305
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Old Testament Society of South Africa en_US
dc.rights © Old Testament Society of South Africa (OTSSA). Article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. en_US
dc.subject Deuteronomic code en_US
dc.subject Socio-economic en_US
dc.subject Covenant code en_US
dc.subject Social-scientific interpretation en_US
dc.subject Gender inequality en_US
dc.title Re-interpreting Deuteronomy to empower women (of South Africa) en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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