Avaren Ipsen is a lecturer in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She also serves as vice-chair of the Berkeley Commission on the Status of Women.

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGICAL AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS CHAPTER 3: RAHAB'S DEAL CHAPTER 4: SOLOMON AND THE TWO PROSTITUTES CHAPTER 5: ANNOINTING WOMAN: "In Memory of Her": The Prequel CHAPTER 6: THE WHORE BABYLON: Violence against Prostitutes CHAPTER 7: CONCLUSIONS: Amendments to Liberation Hermeneutics APPENDIX 1: Discussion Questions

Interprets stories of biblical prostitution with activist sex workers and incorporates their social theory of prostitution to engage liberation and feminist readings.