Not Your Grandma's Bible Study Podcast

Jill is joined by Sharon Betsworth, professor of religion and director of the Wimberly School of Religion at Oklahoma City University, to discuss Luke 2:41-52. In this passage Jesus is found learning in the Temple at 12 years old. They discuss Jesus' understanding of his vocation, the nature of childhood in the ancient world, and questions of Luke's understanding of Jesus' divinity.

Recommended Reading:

T&T Clark Handbook of Children in the Bible and Biblical World edited by Sharon Betsworth and Julie Faith Parker

Children in Early Christian Narratives by Sharon Betsworth

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Jill walks you through the importance of ancient letter writing, the anatomy of the ancient letter, and discusses some of the difficulty in interpreting New Testament letters. She also discusses various approaches to Paul's correspondence with the Corinthian community to demonstrate how interpretation varies depending upon the questions you ask.

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tFsoyVqqkGJzNVRFjx11wAdHOPjVxYUc/view?usp=sharing

see also:

Calvin Roetzel: The Letters of Paul: Conversations in Context.

Warren Carter and Amy-Jill Levine -The New Testament: Methods and Meanings

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Jill examines this problematic passage by focusing on the social circumstances of the Canaanite Woman (Justa) and her demon-possessed daughter and how Jesus' initial refusal to help her may have had life-or-death consequences for the family unit.

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10u01_xrM5I7Rj9XTu2zhUQE-reAvg2tq/view?usp=sharing

Sources can be found here: https://nygbspodcast.wordpress.com/2021/02/17/the-canaanite-woman-in-matthew/

In this episode, Jill discusses the genre "Rewritten Bible." This genre describes the phenomenon of textual transmission wherein come communities intentionally recast, restructured, and/or retold books of the Bible.

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N6aVI_6u4q-dr4WOkdEk4_07TxMXIxXI/view?usp=sharing

In this episodes, Jill examines the births of the children of Leah, Bilhah, Zilpah, and Rachel. The specific focus is on how the naming speeches of their children shed insight into the dynamics of one very complicated family.

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mulcv8K9-CDLhYpSVxHGrzicUWA_iF2w/view?usp=sharing

Sources for this episode include Wil Gafney's monograph Womanist Midrash and Joan Ross-Burstall's article “Leah and Rachel: A Tale of Two Sisters.” A full list of citations is available at nygbspodcast.wordpress.com.

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In this episode, Jill takes a look at the book of Ruth, considering three major areas of investigation taken up by scholars: the concept of chesed, the custom of levirate marriage, and issue of Ruth’s ethnicity.

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I96G6RU96WAuFXs59KyPVoLMyKzlP5AD/view?usp=sharing

Sources for this episode include Kathleen Farmer's comments in the New Interpreter's Bible and Jeremy Schipper's Anchor Bible Commentary on Ruth.

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Have you ever wondered what it meant to be a prophet? Why were they so dramatic sometimes? What's the point they're trying to make? Is Ezekiel talking about aliens?!?! Why do they matter anyway?

Check out this episode and find some answers!

Transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1it0iFPGA6R_Tkf3DFvKJ-pY4cWTl-GAH/view?usp=sharing

Important sources:

Wilda Gafney, Daughters of Miriam

Paul Redditt, Introduction to the Prophets

This episode explores the murder of the Midianite princess described in Numbers 25 by considering the ways that she has been treated in contemporary interpretations and by looking at how her body is used to develop the identity of Phinehas the priest.

In this week's episode, Jill and Zac interview Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe, Professor of Hebrew Bible at Oklahoma City University, on her book "Wisdom Commentary: Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes)." This discussion centers around how someone can do a feminist reading of a book with very few women in it! Dr. Wolfe's book is available through Liturgical Press.

Who will King Ahasuerus choose? In this shorter episode, Jill and Zac discuss an overview of the book of Esther as well as some of the more interesting aspects of Esther's tradition.