Bible Divas

Baptist News Global

Welcome to Bible Divas, hosted by Baptist News Global. We’re four women who teach the Bible for a living, and we believe that careful, honest scholarship belongs in public conversation. We read Scripture with curiosity, expertise, and a strong helping of sass. We invite other women Bible scholars to join us for informed…and often spicy…conversations about the Bible.

This is biblical scholarship out loud, and women are holding the mic. So pull up a chair and join a community that will embrace you, challenge you, make you think, and make you laugh...because the Bible still shapes real lives. It really matters. And we have something to say.

Hosted by Angela N. Parker, Anna Sieges Beal, Jennifer Garcia Bashaw, and Cynthia Shafer-Elliott

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#8
Monday · 46 min
Ep8: Our Experiences as Women Biblical Scholars in the Academy
In this episode, the Divas reflect on their conversations with scholars in previous episodes and their own personal experiences in academia. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com.
#7
August 10 · 1 hr 13 min
Ep7: Women of the Hebrew Bible & Ancient Israelite Religions, with Susan Ackerman
In this episode, the Divas chat with Susan Ackerman, the Preston H. Kelsey Professor of Religion, Emerita, at Dartmouth College. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com.
#6
August 3 · 49 min
Ep6: Ancient Views of Women & the Theology of John's Gospel, with Alicia Myers
In this episode, the Divas chat with Alicia Myers, associate professor of New Testament Studies at Baylor University. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com.
#5
July 27 · 39 min
Ep5: Conservative Christianity's Misunderstanding of Persecution, with Candida Moss
In this episode, the Divas chat with Candida Moss, a professor, author, and journalist specializing in ancient history and early Christianity. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com.
#4
July 20 · 47 min
Ep4: Trauma as a Lens to Understand the Bible Better, with Alexiana Fry
In this episode, the Divas chat with Alexiana Fry, an expert on feminism, migration/disaspora, and trauma hermeneutics at the University of Copenhagen. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com.
#3
July 13 · 40 min
Ep3: Writing the Women's Bible Commentary & What the Dead Sea Scrolls Revealed, with Carol Newsom
In this episode, the Divas chat with Carol Newsom, the Charles Howard Candler Professor Emerita of Old Testament at Emory's Candler School of Theology. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com.
#2
July 6 · 44 min
Ep2: Womanist Church, Respectability Politics, & Biblical Interpretation, with Kamilah Hall Sharp
In this episode, the Divas speak with Kamilah Hall Sharp, a womanist preacher, scholar, professor, and community organizer. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com.
#1
June 25 · 35 min
Ep1: Meet the Divas
In this inaugural episode of Bible Divas, say hello to your hosts: Angela N. Parker, Anna Sieges Beal, Jennifer Garcia Bashaw, and Cynthia Shafer-Elliott. Support faith-based journalism at baptistnews.com.

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