Wednesday, September 18, 2019
The Red Tent: childbirth and menstruation in the law (passages in Exodus through Leviticus)
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When it comes to our female identity, these topics are where the rubber meets the road. They are the details of life that make women differe...
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Captive women (Passages in Ex through Deut)
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What to do with the fact that in the Bible we have the matter of fact discussion of slavery, enslaved women in particular, and women capture...
Friday, May 24, 2019
Women in the Law: overview
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Most of what we've been reading so far in the Bible has been historical narrative. We've heard and thought about specific events, sp...
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Miriam, the punished prophet ( Ex 15:21, Num 12)
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Leaving the enigmatic Zipporah, we move on to look at the life and experience of Moses' sister, Miriam. She figures more prominently in...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
The family of foreigners: Zipporah's difficult cross-cultural marriage (Ex 2-4, 18)
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We opened Exodus with wonderful female characters in stories that were thrillingly easy to appreciate and understand. Not so with our next w...
Friday, March 1, 2019
Infanticide and women helping women (Ex 1:15-2:20)
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From Potiphar's wife, the categorical villainess, we move right along to the book of Exodus and our first unmitigated heroines, the Hebr...
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