The "Old Testament" as the Origin of the Patriarchy : A Comparison of the German and Swedish Debate
(2023) In Nordisk Judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies 34(1). p.82-98- Abstract
- This article explores and compares two similar debates in Germany and Sweden duringthe 1980s, in which feminists blamed the Hebrew Bible, or ‘Old Testament’, for being the origin ofthe patriarchy. In Germany, the psychologist and pedagogue Gerda Weiler articulated the discoursein several writings, which led to a scholarly debate on anti-Jewish tendencies within Christian femi-nist theology. In Sweden, the debate mainly became a media event, initiated by the author BirgittaOnsell. Instead of criticising the discourse, as in the German debate, other actors reinforced it, forexample by highlighting Jesus as a feminist and a contrast to the Old Testament religion. The articlefurther examines ideological consequences of the discourse, including... (More)
- This article explores and compares two similar debates in Germany and Sweden duringthe 1980s, in which feminists blamed the Hebrew Bible, or ‘Old Testament’, for being the origin ofthe patriarchy. In Germany, the psychologist and pedagogue Gerda Weiler articulated the discoursein several writings, which led to a scholarly debate on anti-Jewish tendencies within Christian femi-nist theology. In Sweden, the debate mainly became a media event, initiated by the author BirgittaOnsell. Instead of criticising the discourse, as in the German debate, other actors reinforced it, forexample by highlighting Jesus as a feminist and a contrast to the Old Testament religion. The articlefurther examines ideological consequences of the discourse, including the interdiscursive link to thenotion of Judaism as responsible for the patriarchal moral that enabled the Holocaust, also expressedin the public sphere in Germany and Sweden. (Less)
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- Liljefors, Hanna LU
- publishing date
- 2023
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- The Old Testament, Patriarchy, The Hebrew Bible, Anti-Judaism, Gerda Weiler, Birgitta Onsell, Reception Criticism, Matriarchal research
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- Nordisk Judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies
- volume
- 34
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 17 pages
- publisher
- Sällskapet för judaistisk forskning
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- scopus:85163399778
- ISSN
- 0348-1646
- DOI
- 10.30752/nj.125918
- language
- Swedish
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- 14bbec4c-a584-41c2-bae1-dfa769139d86
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