Monday, March 31, 2025

Of Redeemers: both Kinsman and Kinswoman, or, Naomi and Ruth Help Each Other Up (Ruth 1-4)

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My normal procedure when I begin to study the women in a passage of Scripture for a blog post is to, even if I know the story, read methodic...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Warriors, mothers, daughters, wives, and lovers--a coordinated pattern emerges from the fascinating women of Judges (Judges 1-21)

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  OK, so I know I keep saying how the stories in Judges are wild. We have now come to the end of the book, and the very last story, which is...
Friday, December 20, 2024

Another story about Bethlehem (Judges 19-20)

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The story we will discuss in this post has been lurking in my awareness since I started working through the book of Judges. It is a kind of ...
Monday, September 2, 2024

Micah's mother shrugs and generations go astray (Judges 17-18)

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Micah's mother has a short but intriguing story. She and her son are from the tribe of  Ephraim . Her influence on him leads to the esta...
Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Delilah's most powerful tool: her sexuality or her persistent nagging? (Judges 16:4-20)

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The next woman we encounter in Judges is the infamous Delilah. In the last post we saw how Samson's wife was pushed around by her kin un...
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Samson's wife: the worst wedding ever (Judges 14:1-15:8)

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What we learn about women: Women, as weaker members in the world's power structure, can become the horrible incarnation of the suffering...
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Thursday, August 17, 2023

Manoah's wife hears it right (Judges 13:1-24)

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What we learn about women: God often communicates with women about their children directly, especially their conceptions and births. They ar...