Revisiting BISFT Summer School 2000,Liverpool Hope University,‘Dreams for a New Millennium: Dancing a Be-dazzling Future’

Abstract

Mukti Barton’s 2000 paper, ‘The Skin of Miriam Became as White as Snow: The Bible, Western Feminism and Colour Politics’, reflected on interpretations of the story of Miriam and her sister-in-law Zipporah, that have focused mainly on Miriam becoming white, as indicative of the effect of colour politics on biblical hermeneutics. Updating that article, the focus was on Zipporah and the main text was again Numbers 12. What are the lessons for Feminist Theology?

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Zipporah Gender Colour Power Racism Justice

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