{"id":90001,"date":"2021-06-04T07:05:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=90001"},"modified":"2021-06-04T07:34:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:34:30","slug":"what-jesus-learned-from-women-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2021\/06\/what-jesus-learned-from-women-latest.html","title":{"rendered":"What Jesus Learned from Women Latest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Some updates related to\u00a0What Jesus Learned from Women<\/em><\/a> as well as some other related links. First, a reminder that the paperback edition is 40% off for a limited time from the publisher<\/a> with the coupon code JUNE21 when purchased through the Wipf & Stock website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bible History Daily<\/a> highlighted and summarized my Biblical Archaeology Review\u00a0<\/em>article on the story in John 8, which I explore in even more detail in my book. Jim Davila shared some thoughts<\/a> about it.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed the conversations I had on Scot McKnight\u2019s Kingdom Roots podcast with him and Laura Tarro. Have a listen here:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-212639123\/what-jesus-learned-from-women-conversation-with-james-mcgrath-kr-176<\/p>\n

Next, there is a wonderful review of the book on the Amazon UK site<\/a> (where the book is listed in a category that seems to me far from an obvious choice, to say the least). Here is the review from Craig Bach:<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"There are many obvious examples of Jesus speaking with women, but put them all into context and a theme emerges \u2013 across Gospel traditions \u2013 suggesting that women played a very important role in Jesus learning and thus his ministry. Prof. James F. McGrath needs to be praised for a great book that will spur many conversations and theological debates. I hope it will help bring light and clarity to an issue that has too often been demoted and devalued.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in the New Testament and take it seriously, this book will open windows into the text that will help you appreciate it in a new way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let me say again that one of the most helpful and important things that you can do to support the book and the work I do, at no cost to yourself other than the time it takes to do it, is to write an Amazon review. Recommending the book to your local library also helps immensely and likewise only costs you time. Thank you for doing so if you already have, and thank you in advance if you haven\u2019t yet but will!<\/p>\n

I was reminded by Karen King\u2019s paper in the recent Enoch Seminar meeting of a text I ought to have cited in my book. The Apocryphon of John<\/a> mentions specific demons that made different body parts, and explicitly mentions seven powers that govern the whole body. For anyone who held this view of malevolent spiritual forces, which may have been more widespread than this specifically Gnostic form, the reference to Mary Magdalene having been set free from affliction by seven demons would probably have been understood to indicate that she had been healed of an all-body affliction.<\/p>\n

For those who were at the conference, you may be thinking that you didn\u2019t see me there \u2013 and you\u2019re correct! I was unable due to conflicting commitments to attend the conference, but I viewed the live broadcasts of sessions on Facebook as often as I could. That practice that has become a feature of many online conferences stands to revolutionize the way we do things.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m grateful to Christy Cobb for giving my book a mention in her review of\u00a0The Book of Longings<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Feminist Hermeneutical Imagination in The Book of Longings (@theTable: \u201cFSR Summer Book Club\u201d)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n