In this episode, Professors Jennifer Bird and Jeanne Petrolle explore how Anne Sexton’s Poem “Jesus Walking” portrays Jesus of Nazareth. While considering the poem,  the  professors also discuss  wilderness scenes from the Gospel of  Mark and the Gospel of Matthew, unpacking some of the metaphorical possibilities of the Newer Testament's "wilderness" motif.

In this episode, Professors Jennifer Bird and Jeanne Petrolle explore how Anne Sexton’s Poem “Jesus Walking” portrays Jesus of Nazareth. While considering the poem, the professors also discuss wilderness scenes from the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Matthew, unpacking some of the metaphorical possibilities of the Newer Testament's "wilderness" motif.

In this episode, Professors Jennifer Bird and Jeanne Petrolle explore how Anne Sexton’s Poem “Jesus Walking” portrays Jesus of Nazareth. While considering the poem,&nbsp; the&nbsp; professors also discuss&nbsp; wilderness scenes from the Gospel of&nbsp; Mark and the Gospel of Matthew, unpacking some of the metaphorical possibilities of the Newer Testament's "wilderness" motif.

Who is Jesus of Nazareth?

Professor Jeanne Petrolle discusses literature that uses Bible references to explore ideas that matter to twenty-first century readers.The Bible and Modern Literature podcast focuses on nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century writers like Charlotte Bronte, Harriet Jacobs, Mary Shelley, James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, Sherman Alexie, Avraham Yehoshua, and others. By visiting Genesis, Exodus, the Book of Joshua, the Book of Isaiah, the Gospels, Acts of the Apostles, and the Book of Revelation, readers enhance their understanding of major modern writers.

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