▁a ▁sacred ▁text , ▁tre ating ▁all ▁manuscript s ▁as ▁equally ▁valuable . ▁ ▁Fem in ist ▁criticism ▁is ▁an ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁femin ist ▁the ology ▁movement ▁which ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁in ▁the ▁context ▁of ▁Second ▁W ave ▁femin ism ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Fem in ist ▁the ology ▁has ▁been ▁ground - bre aking ▁in ▁bib lic al ▁criticism , ▁dis rupt ing ▁the ▁long - standing ▁exclus ivity ▁of ▁Christian ▁the ology ▁as ▁Western . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Ph yll is ▁Tri ble ▁and ▁Elisabeth ▁Sch üss ler ▁F ior enza ▁re fr amed ▁bib lic al ▁criticism ▁itself ▁by ▁challeng ing ▁the ▁supposed ▁dis inter est ▁and ▁object ivity ▁it ▁claimed ▁for ▁itself ▁and ▁expos ing ▁how ▁ide ological - the ological ▁st ances ▁had ▁played ▁a ▁critical ▁role ▁in ▁interpretation . ▁ ▁Fem in ist ▁bib lic al ▁interpre ters ▁are ▁character ized ▁by ▁the ▁claim ▁that ▁classical ▁models ▁of ▁understanding ▁are ▁patri arch al ▁and ▁therefore ▁that ▁makes ▁it ▁impossible ▁for ▁those ▁models ▁to ▁identify ▁the ▁true ▁contribution ▁of ▁women . ▁ ▁Fem in ist ▁criticism ▁em bra ces ▁a ▁reader - response ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁text ▁that ▁includes ▁an ▁attitude ▁of ▁" d issent " ▁or ▁" res istance ." ▁ ▁Post - crit ical ▁bib lic al ▁interpretation ▁shares ▁the ▁post mod ern ist ▁susp icion ▁of ▁non - neut ral ity ▁of ▁traditional ▁approaches