How is it that the explicitness of Leah’s language in Genesis 30:16 has not jumped out at me before? Speaking to Jacob: ותאמר אלי תבוא כי שכר שכרתיך בדודאי בני “And she said, ‘Come to me, for I have totally hired you out with my son’s mandrakes.’” Jacob seems okay with being pimped out to [...]
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Summary: In what ways does your institution recognize the continuing indispensability of women’s scholarship? How does it “high five” women who join its ranks?
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Summary: J.K. Gayle offers some women-authored Bible-related blogs that you may not (or may) already know.
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Summary: The community of bloggers in academic biblical studies is overwhelmingly male compared to the non-blogging discipline. Question isn’t whether this is sign of illness, but rather how to address the plain fact of ill health.
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Summary: random bullets of crap: beginning of academic year.
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Summary: Help me by naming women scholars in Hebrew Bible/Old Testament whom you consider to be indispensable sources for teaching and learning biblical studies.
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