학술논문
"What the Thunder Said": A Note on Charlotte Brontë’s Shirley and I Timothy 2. 11–14
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Cousland, J. R. C. (University of British Columbia)
Source
Subject
treatment of biblical exegesis ; by Helstone, Caroline (character) ; of Epistles of Paul (New Testament) ; relationship to religious education ; of women ; patriarchy ; social structure ; feminist approach
Language
ISSN
1474-8932
1745-8226 (electronic)
1745-8226 (electronic)
Abstract
Charlotte Brontë’s Shirley (1849) offers a revealing example of how she herself might interpret Scripture when she has her heroine Caroline Helstone offer an alternative reading of I Timothy 2. 11–14. Her reading is prescient in recognising the hermeneutical problems posed by the passage, but also reveals a deep-rooted dissatisfaction with the social structures that prohibit women from gaining the theological education afforded to men. Brontë’s innate conviction that women are also made in the imago dei is the propelling force in her willingness to question patriarchal narratives of Scripture.