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Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in Retrospect

My Hebrew Bible professor wrote one of the essays.

Excellent article. Have to share.

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Also, the comments were fascinating. A lot of people flipped out about the possibility that a pastor might want to have more than 0 drinks at a party.

Because most Christians don't even understand it.


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Really, truly, Jesus taught people to love and care for one another. What this guy says about 1 Thessalonians is absolutely correct.

Now that the sermon is done and delivered, I can turn my attention to the next things on my To-Do list ( Read more... )

This coming Tuesday, I have to give a presentation on Bernadette Brooten.

I am excited, and I can't wait to do the research.


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I am now thinking that I should include something about the Magdalene Laundries in my upcoming sermon. I wasn't going to, because, in general, this is Ireland, and I kind of have an aversion to speaking out against what goes on in other countries. (I try to avoid the American hubris of thinking that we know best in all situations, because we don't ( Read more... )

I have some LOVELY infographics about this, but I can't post them right now because LJ and I still haven't worked out our little issue. So, I'm going to make you all actually read real words and try to sort it all out.

http://www.hypotyposeis.org/synoptic-problem/2004/09/two-source-hypothesis.htmlConfused? You should be. I don't completely ( Read more... )

What I think is going on in my Luke passage is that this Pharisee invites Jesus over for a meal but then this group of uppity rich women, led by Mary Magdalene, barges into the party and performs this kind of Act Up moment where one of them lets down her hair, washes Jesus's feet, and then anoints them with nard. Everyone in the room would have ( Read more... )

I am writing the exegesis paper preceding my sermon. Here is my favorite paragraph so far:

Let us, for the moment, think about ( Read more... )