Trans Biblical

By TransBiblical

Trans Biblical is a trans positive podcast exploring transgender topics and the Bible through accessible conversations with the authors and scholars behind the groundbreaking book Trans Biblical. Join... more

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How many episodes does Trans Biblical have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.

Trans Biblical episodes:

August 20, 2025 Trans Woo: Conversations about Transgender Transfigurations w/ Katy Valentine
The tables are turned while Melissa interviews Katy! Found out how Katy got her woo-woo call to dive into trans studies, how the Transfiguration story is really a story about a trans Jesus, and so much more.

If you’d like to be in touch with Katy, just reach out via email: [email protected]
To sign up for a free energy scan, click here: https://calendly.com/katyvalentine/energy-scan
The article that Melissa and I mentioned is found in the volume The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible, edited by Susanne Scholz. To grab a copy from Amazon, use my affiliate link right here. (But try to score a copy at a library if this one is pricy!)

You can get your copy of Trans Biblical directly from the publisher right here.
If you'd like to leave a tip to help support this podcast, it is much appreciated! The tip jar can be found here.

Suggested amounts so you don't have to struggle:
- $1 if you're worried about your personal well being right now (stay safe y'all -- you're the priority)
- $5 if you're feeling inspired by the content
- $10 if you're inspired and learning a lot, and not personally struggling!
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34min
July 21, 2025 Ancient Deities & Gender Fluidity: A Trans Biblical Conversation
You’ll love getting to know Aren and Joanna, two trans women Hebrew Bible scholars! They are readers of Trans Biblical, and they have an amazing story to share, both as scholars of the ancient world and also as partners in love and life.

We talk about their personal journeys, gender fluidity in the ancient world., and why all of this is more important now than ever.

You can find Joanna Hormrighausen on her website, and Aren Wilson-Wright on her faculty page.

More Goodies for you!
You can get your copy of Trans Biblical directly from the publisher right here or other major outlets.

Finally, if you'd like to leave a tip to help support this podcast, it is much appreciated! The tip jar can be found here.

Suggested amounts so you don't have to struggle:
- $1 if you're worried about your personal well being right now (stay safe y'all -- you're the priority)
- $5 if you're feeling inspired by the content
- $10 if you're inspired and learning a lot, and not personally struggling!
...more
56min
June 10, 2025 From Baptist Roots to Trans Hermeneutics: A Conversation with Mack Griffith
Introducing Mack Griffith (soon to be Dr. Griffith)
You’re going to be enchanted by emerging New Testament scholar Mack Griffith—soon-to-be Dr. Griffith—to explore reading the Bible through a trans-positive lens. Mack shares his journey from a fundamentalist Baptist background to coming out as queer, all the while digging into trans theories in the Gospel of John, offering fresh insights on “recognition scenes” (think: the man born blind, Doubting Thomas, Jesus’s trials) as powerful moments of self-identification and revelation.
Along the way, we discuss why trans biblical interpretation matters today: how a diversity of approaches prevents monolithic readings, how these methods invite cis listeners into empathy by recognizing shared experiences of estrangement, and why studying scripture this way feels like resistance against harmful narratives.

Find Mack on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mack.epg or IG https://www.instagram.com/thecarefulpoet/
🔗 Listen now and subscribe so you never miss an episode of Trans Biblical!
Support the Project
You can get your copy of Trans Biblical directly from the publisher right here. Also available on Amazon and other major retailers.

Finally, if you'd like to leave a tip to help support this podcast, it is much appreciated! The tip jar can be found here.

Suggested amounts so you don't have to struggle:
- $1 if you're worried about your personal well being right now (stay safe y'all -- you're the priority)
- $5 if you're feeling inspired by the content
- $10 if you're inspired and learning a lot, and not personally struggling

#TransBiblical #BibleInterpretation #TransPositive #NewTestamentStudies #TransHermeneutics
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27min
May 26, 2025 Rewriting the Binary: Joy Ladin’s Guide to Trans Biblical Reading
This Episode
Discover with Dr. Joy Ladin how we may disrupt all sorts of binaries: the cis-trans binary, the human-divine binary, and so much more. Joy is a widely known and respected voice in trans topics, as well as poet and professor emeritus of literature.

Joy truely does bring joy to everything she does – and you’ll discover how you can do trans hermeneutics/interpretation, whether you’re trans or not.

Follow Joy on Facebook or at her website: www.joyladin.com fa
Keep Going
You can get your copy of Trans Biblical directly from the publisher right here. To use the 40% discount (for those in the USA), enter the code TRANSBIBLICAL40. If you live outside the United States, just email the customer service department at [email protected], and they will honor the discount.

Finally, if you'd like to leave a tip to help support this podcast, it is much appreciated! The tip jar can be found here.
Suggested amounts so you don't have to struggle:
- $1 if you're worried about your personal well being right now (stay safe y'all -- you're the priority)
- $5 if you're feeling inspired by the content
- $10 if you're inspired and learning a lot, and not personally struggling!
...more
47min
May 14, 2025 Jael Unmasked: Gender Ambiguity and the Bible
What we talk about today!
Find out more about Jael, the gender-ambiguous, seducing, tent-peg slaying figure of Judges 4! Dr. Aysha Musa dives deep into this fascinating character and shows you exactly why Jael IS gender ambiguous (or nonbinary).

Follow Aysha on Facebook and Twitter.

Buy the Book, Support the Podcast.
You can get your copy of Trans Biblical directly from the publisher right here or anywhere other major outlets like Amazon (affiliate link, FYI).

Finally, if you'd like to leave a tip to help support this podcast, it is much appreciated! The tip jar can be found here.

Suggested amounts so you don't have to struggle:
- $1 if you're worried about your personal well being right now (stay safe y'all -- you're the priority)
- $5 if you're feeling inspired by the content
- $10 if you're inspired and learning a lot, and not personally struggling!

Y'all go on and be your best, most wonderful and authentic selves. See you in the next episode.
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19min
April 28, 2025 Transforming Thomas! The Gospel of Thomas with Melissa Harl Sellew
Wait, I wanna read the Gospel of Thomas!
Listeners, so glad you're now ready to dive into this mysterious, cool Gospel for yourself. To read the Gospel of Thomas, here is a translation.

Particulars about Melissa
The best way to reach Melissa is through email: [email protected].
This is Melissa’s article “Reading the Gospel of Thomas from Here: A Trans- Centered Hermeneutic,” freely accessible at the Journal of Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies.
Many of Melissa’s articles on Thomas and other topics are posted on Academia.edu (you can make a free account): https://umn.academia.edu/MelissaHarlSellew

Buy the Book and Support the Podcast
If you’d like to support the podcast, you can buy me a cup of coffee right here.

You can get your copy of Trans Biblical directly from the publisher right here. To use the 40% discount (for those in the USA), enter the code TRANSBIBLICAL40. If you live outside the United States, just email the customer service department at [email protected], and they will honor the discount.

Finally, if you'd like to leave a tip to help support this podcast, it is much appreciated! The tip jar can be found here.

Suggested amounts so you don't have to struggle:
- $1 if you're worried about your personal well being right now (stay safe y'all -- you're the priority)
- $5 if you're feeling inspired by the content
- $10 if you're inspired and learning a lot, and not personally struggling!

...more
34min
April 14, 2025 Nonbinary Characters in the Bible: Mordecai with Esther Brownsmith
Today, we dive into the book OF Esther WITH Dr. Esther Brownsmith.

Esther talks about why including non-binary and trans perspective is not part of a diversity quota, but vital for seeing the Bible in new ways. Of course, we talk about her great chapter in Trans Biblical, and she gives hints about why she believes Mordecai in the book of Esther may be non-binary. Plus, she gives us insight into Bible fan fiction!

Esther’s contact information is right here:

For the book by Tom de Bruin on Early Christianity and Fan Fiction, click here.

Plus, you may be interested in the article that got her a ton of email about Mordecai and their non-binary identity – you do have to sign up for an account at Fox News, so proceed with caution :)

Follow Esther on Blue Sky @brownsmith.bsky.social

Support the Podcast and Your Learning!

You can get your copy of Trans Biblical directly from the publisher right here. To use the 40% discount (for those in the USA), enter the code TRANSBIBLICAL40. If you live outside the United States, just email the customer service department at [email protected], and they will honor the discount.

Finally, if you'd like to leave a tip to help support this podcast, it is much appreciated! The tip jar can be found here.

Suggested amounts so you don't have to struggle:
- $1 if you're worried about your personal well being right now (stay safe y'all -- you're the priority)
- $5 if you're feeling inspired by the content
- $10 if you're inspired and learning a lot, and not personally struggling!
...more
22min
March 31, 2025 The Radical Good Samaritan: A Trans Perspective
Introduction
Rev. Dr. Justin Sabia-Tanis is the Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Social Transformation Supported by the McVay Endowment, Program Director for Social Transformation. He is an amazing theologian, scholar, pastor, and so much more. You will find a link to his landmark book Transgender below, too.
Get ready to discover about how The Good Samaritan parable can be read from a trans lens.
Links and Goodies
(Amazon affiliate links are ahead)
Follow Justin on Facebook, Instagram, and BlueSky.
You can check out Justin’s book Transgender: Theology, Ministry, and Communities of Faith here.

You can get your copy of Trans Biblical directly from the publisher right here. To use the 40% discount (for those in the USA), enter the code TRANSBIBLICAL40. If you live outside the United States, just email the customer service department at [email protected], and they will honor the discount.

Finally, if you'd like to leave a tip to help support this podcast, it is much appreciated! The tip jar can be found here.

Suggested amounts so you don't have to struggle:
- $1 if you're worried about your personal well being right now (stay safe y'all -- you're the priority)
- $5 if you're feeling inspired by the content
- $10 if you're inspired and learning a lot, and not personally struggling!

...more
20min
March 28, 2025 Trans Biblical: Get Excited about trans positivity and the Bible
In this two-minute trailer for Trans Biblical, host Katy E. Valentine tells you exactly why transgender and Bible go together! Future episodes will offer you tons of trans positive ways to understand the Bible from expert scholars. Discover how we interpret sacred texts for our time and get a glimpse of the insightful conversations ahead—with authors and scholars from the groundbreaking book Trans Biblical. Tune in to learn what makes our podcast a welcoming space for uplifting and affirming transgender voices in faith communities, and get ready to join the dialogue. Subscribe now and we'll see you in the first episode.

Buy the book here. Claim your 40% off through May 10 with the discount code TRANSBIBLICAL40.

The music on the podcast is Eco Technology by Lexin Music courtesy of Pixabay. Follow them on YouTube!

Our next episode will be out soon, and you'll hear a very cool new way to think about The Good Samaritan. Like and subscribe to keep up to date.
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2min

FAQs about Trans Biblical:

How many episodes does Trans Biblical have?

The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.