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Phyllis Trible tells us that the women's liberation movement is hostile toward _____________________. (page 74) Select one: a. males b. liberation c. the Bible d. creation Question 2 Not yet answeredMarked out of 10.00Not flaggedFlag question Question text Trible explains that the creation story in Genesis has been interpreted as justification for the ______________________of women. (page 74) Select one: a. hostile b. supremacy c. subordination d. interpretation Question 3 Not yet answeredMarked out of 10.00Not flaggedFlag question Question text Trible writes that we have accepted centuries of male exegesis and feminists have interpreted the story as legitimating male supremacy. What does the word exegesis mean? Select one: a. the Exodus from Egypt b. first book of the Christian Bible c. first book of the Hebrew Bible d. an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) Question 4 Not yet answeredMarked out of 10.00Not flaggedFlag question Question text Trible says that feminists read to reject. They have a foregone conclusion that the story legitimates __________________. (page 74) Select one: a. female supremacy b. human excellence c. equality between the sexes d. male supremacy Question 5 Not yet answeredMarked out of 10.00Not flaggedFlag question Question text Trible suggests that we read to understand and to appropriate. By appropriate she means_________________. (page 74) Select one: a. be more hostile b. ignore and reject c. leave behind d. take possession by force; reassign a resource

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1) Phyllis Trible tells us that the women's liberation movement is hostile toward the Bible

The exact quote: "On the whole, the Women's Liberation Movement is hostile to the Bible, even as it claims that the Bible is hostile to women."

2) Trible explains that the creation story in Genesis has been interpreted as justification for the subordination of women.

3) Trible writes that we have accepted centuries of male exegesis and feminists have interpreted the story as legitimating male supremacy. What does the word exegesis mean? Select one: an explanation or critical interpretation

4) Trible says that feminists read to reject. They have a foregone conclusion that the story legitimates equality between the sexes

5) Trible suggests that we read to understand and to appropriate. By appropriate she means ignore and reject