Thank you, Beth, for including Wil Gafney’s midrash in your book list. She is indeed a powerful voice in biblical interpretation, offering scholarly explanations for reading texts more inclusively. I am awed by her scholarship and deep dive into the usage of biblical language. We can all learn from her work, as your students are.
This is such a wonderful book and resource! Beth, I deeply appreciated your recent piece on Bathsheba. It wasn’t until I read Gafney’s ‘Dominated by David’ chapter that I realized Bathsheba’s innocence and the harm caused by being taught to think otherwise. I appreciate your work on women’s roles in the church and within the scriptural narratives. Blessings to you!
I was just wondering yesterday whether there were female shepherds at the nativity! (Probably sparked from one of the many conversations with my daughter recently about Jesus’ birth.) There are shepherdesses galore in Renaissance literature (such as Phebe in Shakespeare’s As You Like It), but I’d like to know what 1st century Jewish practice was.
Thank you, Beth, for including Wil Gafney’s midrash in your book list. She is indeed a powerful voice in biblical interpretation, offering scholarly explanations for reading texts more inclusively. I am awed by her scholarship and deep dive into the usage of biblical language. We can all learn from her work, as your students are.
Absolutely. Her book on female prophets (Daughters of Miriam) is fantastic, too.
This is such a wonderful book and resource! Beth, I deeply appreciated your recent piece on Bathsheba. It wasn’t until I read Gafney’s ‘Dominated by David’ chapter that I realized Bathsheba’s innocence and the harm caused by being taught to think otherwise. I appreciate your work on women’s roles in the church and within the scriptural narratives. Blessings to you!
I was just wondering yesterday whether there were female shepherds at the nativity! (Probably sparked from one of the many conversations with my daughter recently about Jesus’ birth.) There are shepherdesses galore in Renaissance literature (such as Phebe in Shakespeare’s As You Like It), but I’d like to know what 1st century Jewish practice was.