Rev. Mona West earned a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament from
Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY and has taught biblical studies
at several colleges, universities and seminaries throughout the
United States. Now retired, she formerly served as clergy with
the Metropolitan Community Church
The Revd Dr Robert Shore-Goss is a retired clergy of the United
Church of Christ
"The second edition of this incredible commentary has new voices
which add even wider perspectives to a work which originally broke
many conventions in its first incarnation. The first edition was
published in 2006 and laid the foundations for an explosion of
queer hermeneutical works by showing queer folk that they too could
comment on biblical texts and that their queer eyes would open the
texts to greater understanding and a wider readership, queer and
straight. The Bible was no longer seen as a set of texts that were
simply condemnatory but rather there was a way to read from
experience which brought the texts alive to a diverse range of
people. This second edition continues to generate questions about
the stability of gender and the correct form of sexuality while it
also brings into focus the colonial past of biblical interpretation
and moves towards decolonial readings. Each author is placing
before us justice seeking and inclusive ways to read the texts and
the work is reaching out to global communities in the hope of
empowering them to queer texts in their own way. This is a
commentary that needs to be in every church, bible believing home
and seminary as it is a work of liberation for queer and non-queer
alike."
*Prof Lisa Isherwood, University of Wales, Trinity St David*
"A bumper volume of queerness and biblical commentary! The landmark
first edition has been updated, with cutting-edge contributions
exploring faith, gender, sexuality, bodies, activism and LGBTQ+
rights. New additions in this second edition bring a fresh outlook
to ancient texts, as they are read through contemporary eyes. This
volume is the prestigious go-to text for faith groups and
academics."
*Chris Greenough, Edge Hill University, UK*
"This book lives up to its title of being queer—daring, non-binary,
and myth-busting. Unveiling heterosexist readings and challenging
imperial logic, this book with international contributors broadens
our moral and theological imagination. No one will read the Bible
the same again after reading this book."
*Kwok Pui-lan, Dean’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Candler
School of Theology, Emory University*
"The Queer Bible Commentary but this extended “second edition”
contributes so much more to the lived-out experience of living out
the Bible in a queer context. The writers, once again bring to life
ancient passages in a context that is relational to our modern
understanding and reading. The voices are diverse and offer a
perspective that makes this “commentary” an essential addition to
anyone’s collection of Biblical thought and theology. While not a
“commentary” in the traditional understanding – a verse by verse
interpretation, the Queer Bible Commentaries offer so much more, in
my opinion. They offer a broader, real experience of a text that is
lifted off the page and into the lives of those who preach it, live
it, and embody it into their everyday, queer experience.
Bravo!"
*The Reverend Dr. Neil G. Thomas, Senior Pastor of the Cathedral of
Hope, Dallas*
"Massive in scale and monumental in significance, QBC has long been
the primary resource for queer biblical interpretation and
proclamation. Now substantially revised and updated, QBC is yet
more valuable even as ever new configurations of queerphobic
politics, secular and ecclesial, render it yet more necessary."
*Stephen D. Moore, Edmund S. Janes Professor of New Testament
Studies, the Theological School, Drew University*
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