Episode 105: Wil Gafney - Womanist Midrash (REISSUE)

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 28 October 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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This episode originally aired as Episode 46 on April 23, 2018 This week, Jared & Pete talk to Wil Gafney about womanist interpretation of the Bible. In their discussion, Wil brings up fascinating nuances in the text and challenges the predominantly patriarchal interpretation of the past. Show Notes → Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Bible for Normal People,
0:02.2	the only God ordained podcast on the internet.
0:05.3	Serious talk about the sacred book.
0:07.4	I'm Pete Ends.
0:08.2	And I'm Jared Bias.
0:11.1	Hello, Normal People, Pete here.
0:13.5	Every once in a while, we like to revisit some popular episodes
0:17.1	that struck a chord with a lot of our listeners.
0:20.0	And today's episode first aired back in season 2, April 2018,
0:23.8	and our guest was Dr. Will Gaffney,
0:26.5	and she is a scholar of the Hebrew Scriptures.
0:29.4	And we had a fascinating discussion with her
0:32.5	about womanist interpretation of the Bible.
0:36.2	Hope you enjoy it.
0:38.2	When it comes to scripture, we have veils over our eyes,
0:41.9	as the apostle says.
0:43.0	Like sometimes we can't read critically
0:46.8	because of our devotion to the text and the God of the text,
0:49.8	which is a good, for me, part of being a feminist,
0:52.4	part of being a womanist is to say,
0:54.5	I need to step back and look really frankly.
0:57.0	And sometimes that's not doing a lot of Hebrew homework.
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