Womanist Bible Talk: A Podcast for Womanish Bible Readers and Friends
“Womanist Bible Talk: A Podcast for Womanish Bible Readers and Friends” engages stories about women in Scripture from the perspectives of contemporary Black and other women of color from different walks of life and various socio-economic backgrounds. Hosts, Vanessa Lovelace and Gay Byron, redeem the reputations of biblical women, such as Jezebel, Delilah, and Mary Magdalene who are often represented as “bad girls of the Bible” and introduce other women who have either been nameless or hidden behind the men in the biblical stories.
Womanist Bible Talk: A Podcast for Womanish Bible Readers and Friends
Episode 2: Abuse in the Book of Job
In this episode, guest, Marlene Underwood, discusses her essay, "'Battered Love': Abuse in the Book of Job" in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible: Expanding the Discourse edited by Gay L. Byron and Vanessa Lovelace. Marlene discusses the treatment of Job by the deity through the lens of intimate partner violence. Learn how an upright and blameless man like Job lose everything but his life and why. Gay Byron and Vanessa Lovelace are your hosts.