{"id":88945,"date":"2021-04-27T05:08:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T09:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=88945"},"modified":"2021-04-27T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T12:23:13","slug":"what-jesus-learned-from-women-more-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/04\/what-jesus-learned-from-women-more-conversations.html","title":{"rendered":"What Jesus Learned from Women: More Conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

I had the privilege of having a conversation with Prof. Sara Parks, author of a superb monograph on the gender pair parables in Q, hosted by Jonathan Stewart on the online podcast<\/a> and video talk show TalkGnosis. Have a listen in audio format<\/a> or watch the video below (or both)!<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Bart Ehrman kindly gave me the opportunity to write some guest blog posts for his blog about my book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3dG5pcE\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>What Jesus Learned from Women<\/em><\/a>. The first one has appeared and it is about the possibility that Paul\u2019s relative Junia was a leader in the Christian movement from very early on, being known from the Gospel of Luke by another name: Joanna.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/ehrmanblog.org\/did-the-jew-paul-learn-about-christianity-from-his-relative-the-apostle-junia-guest-post-by-james-mcgrath\/<\/p>\n<p>There will also be a couple more guest posts on Ehrman\u2019s blog in the coming weeks.\u00a0I am also grateful to the <a href=\"https:\/\/eewc.com\/what-jesus-learned-from-women\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shout-out on the Christian Feminism Today website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also of related interest to <a href=\"https:\/\/wipfandstock.com\/9781532680601\/what-jesus-learned-from-women\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>What Jesus Learned from Women<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"9vvNPlDGmY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/cruxsola\/2021\/04\/northern-seminary-launches-womens-studies-program-and-podcast\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Seminary Launches Women\u2019s Studies Program and Podcast<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cNorthern Seminary Launches Women\u2019s Studies Program and Podcast\u201d \u2014 Crux Sola: Formed by Scripture to Live like Christ\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/cruxsola\/2021\/04\/northern-seminary-launches-womens-studies-program-and-podcast\/embed\/#?secret=cpAqhT14A3#?secret=9vvNPlDGmY\" data-secret=\"9vvNPlDGmY\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an episode of that new podcast:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed-podcast\/episode\/0rRRSFCbrMGTnxuS5GddKD\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Beth Allison Barr and Kristin Du Mez spoke with Scot McKnight together in a wonderful webinar recently. They have now made the video recording available online, and so I am sharing it here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is, in fact, Biblical and Christian? A Virtual Author Night with Beth Barr & Kristin Du Mez\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KvNOdr5yoZg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Here they each are talking to him individually on his Kingdom Roots podcast:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1030298608&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Kingdom Roots\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-212639123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Kingdom Roots<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"The Making of Biblical Womanhood (Conversation with Beth Allison Barr) - KR 173\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-212639123\/the-making-of-biblical-womanhood-conversation-with-beth-allison-barr-kr-173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">The Making of Biblical Womanhood (Conversation with Beth Allison Barr) \u2013 KR 173<\/a><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/948963301&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif; font-weight: 100;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Kingdom Roots\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-212639123\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Kingdom Roots<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Jesus and John Wayne (Conversation with Kristin Kobes Du Mez) - KR 166\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-212639123\/jesus-and-john-wayne-conversation-with-kristin-kobes-du-mez-kr-166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">Jesus and John Wayne (Conversation with Kristin Kobes Du Mez) \u2013 KR 166<\/a><\/div>\n<p>There are numerous other episodes of that podcast related to this topic, so do browse them as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bakerpublishinggroup.com\/books\/the-making-of-biblical-womanhood\/404050\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Baker website has a study guide for small groups reading and discussing Barr\u2019s book<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baptistnews.com\/article\/i-knew-the-truth-about-women-in-the-bible-and-i-stayed-silent\/#.YIGUEehKjcc\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barr was influenced by Junia (among others) to change her stance<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.relevantmagazine.com\/faith\/church\/christian-patriarchy-is-just-patriarchy\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Barr writes in\u00a0<em>Relevant<\/em> magazine<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"s1\">No matter how much Moore wants to separate \u201cpagan patriarchy\u201d from \u201cChristian patriarchy,\u201d he can\u2019t. Both systems place power in the hands of men and take power away from women. Both systems teach men that women rank lower than they do. Both systems teach women that their voices are worth less than the voices of men. Moore may claim that women only owe submission \u201cto their own husbands,\u201d not to men \u201cin general,\u201d but he undermines this claim by excluding women as pastors and elders.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">If men (simply because of their sex) have the potential to preach and exercise spiritual authority over a church congregation but women (simply because of their sex) do not, then that gives men \u201cin general\u201d authority over women \u201cin general.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tbtIcvn1Uv\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/cruxsola\/2021\/04\/barrs-the-making-of-biblical-womanhood-my-reflections\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Barr\u2019s The Making of Biblical Womanhood\u2014My Reflections<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cBarr\u2019s The Making of Biblical Womanhood\u2014My Reflections\u201d \u2014 Crux Sola: Formed by Scripture to Live like Christ\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/cruxsola\/2021\/04\/barrs-the-making-of-biblical-womanhood-my-reflections\/embed\/#?secret=ZXd5B4Nk0E#?secret=tbtIcvn1Uv\" data-secret=\"tbtIcvn1Uv\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rit72W7TPV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2021\/04\/20\/beth-allison-barr-wants-christians-to-know-where-biblical-womanhood-comes-from-and-its-not-the-bible\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Beth Allison Barr wants Christians to know where \u2018biblical womanhood\u2019 comes from (it\u2019s not the Bible)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cBeth Allison Barr wants Christians to know where \u2018biblical womanhood\u2019 comes from (it\u2019s not the Bible)\u201d \u2014 RNS\" src=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2021\/04\/20\/beth-allison-barr-wants-christians-to-know-where-biblical-womanhood-comes-from-and-its-not-the-bible\/embed\/#?secret=WWXD7yC1sw#?secret=rit72W7TPV\" data-secret=\"rit72W7TPV\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZEkbzSDHZm\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2021\/04\/stop-biblical-womanhood\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Unmaking Biblical Womanhood<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cUnmaking Biblical Womanhood\u201d \u2014 Anxious Bench\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2021\/04\/stop-biblical-womanhood\/embed\/#?secret=OOKI2ALjlp#?secret=ZEkbzSDHZm\" data-secret=\"ZEkbzSDHZm\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZBSprONwTC\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2021\/04\/the-baptists-who-made-biblical-womanhood-and-those-who-tried-to-unmake-it\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">The Evangelical Baptists Who Made \u201cBiblical Womanhood\u201d\u2026 and Those Who Tried to Unmake It<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cThe Evangelical Baptists Who Made \u201cBiblical Womanhood\u201d\u2026 and Those Who Tried to Unmake It\u201d \u2014 Anxious Bench\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2021\/04\/the-baptists-who-made-biblical-womanhood-and-those-who-tried-to-unmake-it\/embed\/#?secret=GJlI8HtsWR#?secret=ZBSprONwTC\" data-secret=\"ZBSprONwTC\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"6EvhOuyAif\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/baptiststandard.com\/news\/texas\/baylor-prof-examines-where-biblical-womanhood-comes-from\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Baylor prof examines where \u2018biblical womanhood\u2019 comes from<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cBaylor prof examines where \u2018biblical womanhood\u2019 comes from\u201d \u2014 Baptist Standard\" src=\"https:\/\/baptiststandard.com\/news\/texas\/baylor-prof-examines-where-biblical-womanhood-comes-from\/embed\/#?secret=uLFMMGORIg#?secret=6EvhOuyAif\" data-secret=\"6EvhOuyAif\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asor.org\/anetoday\/2021\/04\/reading-inscriptions\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Inscriptions reveal aspects of the lives of ancient women, including their status and influence, that we miss if we just rely on patriarchal authors and the texts they left behind<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A couple of new blog posts about the story of Jesus and the Syrophoenician woman:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"eSqfm7oRHA\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/scribesofthekingdom.com\/2021\/04\/24\/gods-kingdom-among-the-dogs-jesus-and-the-gentile-beggar\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">God\u2019s kingdom among the dogs: Jesus and the gentile\u00a0beggar<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cGod\u2019s kingdom among the dogs: Jesus and the gentile\u00a0beggar\u201d \u2014 Scribes of the Kingdom\" src=\"https:\/\/scribesofthekingdom.com\/2021\/04\/24\/gods-kingdom-among-the-dogs-jesus-and-the-gentile-beggar\/embed\/#?secret=GKLt6RmbXt#?secret=eSqfm7oRHA\" data-secret=\"eSqfm7oRHA\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bible.markedward.red\/p\/jesus-syro-phoenician-dog.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jesus and the Syro-Phoenician \u2018Dog\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobcornwall.com\/2021\/04\/defiant-conversation-with-kelley.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Conversation with the author of a new book on women in Exodus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>These resources from the Center for Hebraic Thought will interest you (and I\u2019ll have more on that topic in the not too distant future):<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"D29MtFJ9SH\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hebraicthought.org\/gender-study-real-lives-women-men-bible\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">A Gender Study: The Real Lives of Women and Men in the Bible<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cA Gender Study: The Real Lives of Women and Men in the Bible\u201d \u2014 The Center for Hebraic Thought\" src=\"https:\/\/hebraicthought.org\/gender-study-real-lives-women-men-bible\/embed\/#?secret=DOwD42LmkU#?secret=D29MtFJ9SH\" data-secret=\"D29MtFJ9SH\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2021\/04\/20\/study-women-who-attend-churches-theyre-not-allowed-to-lead-have-poorer-health\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2021\/04\/07\/this-short-film-about-the-harm-of-evangelical-purity-culture-is-worth-watching\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/friendlyatheist.patheos.com\/2021\/03\/30\/church-tells-woman-she-cant-win-fishing-trip-raffle-prize-because-of-her-gender\/<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VV5XCVNtKI\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/craftofteachingreligion.wordpress.com\/2021\/04\/20\/teaching-religion-and-sexuality-respectfully-can-we-do-both\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Teaching Religion and Sexuality Respectfully: Can We Do\u00a0Both?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cTeaching Religion and Sexuality Respectfully: Can We Do\u00a0Both?\u201d \u2014 The Craft of Teaching in the Academic Study of Religion\" src=\"https:\/\/craftofteachingreligion.wordpress.com\/2021\/04\/20\/teaching-religion-and-sexuality-respectfully-can-we-do-both\/embed\/#?secret=BvDvm3nyG6#?secret=VV5XCVNtKI\" data-secret=\"VV5XCVNtKI\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.redletterchristians.org\/a-review-of-churchtoo-how-purity-culture-upholds-abuse-and-how-to-find-healing\/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RedLetterChristians+%28Red+Letter+Christians%29<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.redletterchristians.org\/moving-from-exclusion-to-embrace-in-the-gender-conversation\/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RedLetterChristians+%28Red+Letter+Christians%29<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oPZA0PCJuj\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psephizo.com\/life-ministry\/i-am-and-metoo-the-incarnation-and-violence-against-women\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">I AM and #MeToo: the Incarnation and violence against women<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cI AM and #MeToo: the Incarnation and violence against women\u201d \u2014 Psephizo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.psephizo.com\/life-ministry\/i-am-and-metoo-the-incarnation-and-violence-against-women\/embed\/#?secret=JGCm0F8Dop#?secret=oPZA0PCJuj\" data-secret=\"oPZA0PCJuj\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/news\/local\/lake-travis-school-board-candidate-given-assault-citation-after-mask-confrontation-at-store\/269-18005d40-6142-490e-a30a-25c16c5494bb\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">This is not what it means to be a \u201cwoman of God.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sEoBHpok9z\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/earlychristiantexts.com\/look-beyond-the-biblical-canon\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Look Beyond the Biblical Canon<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cLook Beyond the Biblical Canon\u201d \u2014 Early Christian Texts\" src=\"https:\/\/earlychristiantexts.com\/look-beyond-the-biblical-canon\/embed\/#?secret=KKXyAl58mX#?secret=sEoBHpok9z\" data-secret=\"sEoBHpok9z\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paleojudaica.blogspot.com\/2021\/04\/garber-teaching-historical-jesus.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jim Davila drew attention to a new book on teaching the historical Jesus<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/paleojudaica.blogspot.com\/2021\/04\/loader-sexuality-and-gender-mohr-siebeck.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bill Loader\u2019s new book on purity and gender<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20210416\/6f\/99\/ed\/d6\/e8bd2b24b75912165cf4fd54\/How_Women_Transform_Preaching_Chapter_1_9781791013363.pdf\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">An excerpt<\/a> from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3tVup5z\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>How Women Transform Preaching<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"gH3zSYfzjl\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2021\/04\/19\/biblical-families-an-index\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Biblical families,\u2019 an index<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201c\u2018Biblical families,\u2019 an index\u201d \u2014 slacktivist\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/slacktivist\/2021\/04\/19\/biblical-families-an-index\/embed\/#?secret=bJ4xMbBxZ4#?secret=gH3zSYfzjl\" data-secret=\"gH3zSYfzjl\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Also about Junia (among others):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theologyofwork.org\/key-topics\/women-workers-in-the-new-testament\/the-jewish-palace-insider-and-benefactor-junia-romans-166\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Jewish palace insider and benefactor Junia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/document\/doi\/10.1515\/opth-2020-0138\/html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andrea Hartmann,\u00a0\u201cJunia\u2009\u2013\u2009A Woman Lost in Translation: The Name IOYNIAN in Romans 16:7 and its History of Interpretation\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1tyZWwPOTW\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2018\/01\/stop-using-paul-women-part-1-reading-list\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s Time to Stop Using Paul Against Women: A Short Reading List<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cIt\u2019s Time to Stop Using Paul Against Women: A Short Reading List\u201d \u2014 Anxious Bench\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/anxiousbench\/2018\/01\/stop-using-paul-women-part-1-reading-list\/embed\/#?secret=jLV8NPd632#?secret=1tyZWwPOTW\" data-secret=\"1tyZWwPOTW\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Previously here on the blog:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qwEYjlT3xA\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/03\/times-will-tell-podcast-about-what-jesus-learned-from-women.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Times Will Tell Podcast About What Jesus Learned From Women<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cTimes Will Tell Podcast About What Jesus Learned From Women\u201d \u2014 Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/03\/times-will-tell-podcast-about-what-jesus-learned-from-women.html\/embed#?secret=pOjhXYjx9d#?secret=qwEYjlT3xA\" data-secret=\"qwEYjlT3xA\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ATjkU5rcs7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2020\/08\/doggedly-instant-with-jesus.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Doggedly Insistent with Jesus<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cDoggedly Insistent with Jesus\u201d \u2014 Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. McGrath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2020\/08\/doggedly-instant-with-jesus.html\/embed#?secret=QgmoE4FPqF#?secret=ATjkU5rcs7\" data-secret=\"ATjkU5rcs7\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Another video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kristin Kobes Du Mez: Christianity, Masculinity, & The Soul of Evangelicalism [live]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GTYldjR_VwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And finally, a meme from my book:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89198\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/719\/2021\/04\/Syrophoenician-woman-and-Lazarus-parable.png\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the privilege of having a conversation with Prof. Sara Parks, author of a superb monograph on the gender pair parables in Q, hosted by Jonathan Stewart on the online podcast and video talk show TalkGnosis. 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