Paul was famously celibate, but what if he was actually asexual? Join Octavia and me as we discuss what the difference is, why it matters, and what it means for us.

Want to learn more about it? Here are the sources I used as I researched this episode:

Chen, Angela. Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex. Beacon Press, 2020.

Deming, Will. Paul on Marriage and Celibacy: The Hellenistic Background of 1 Corinthians 7. 1991. University of Chicago, PhD dissertation. ProQuest, www.proquest.com/docview/303967257.

Roetzel, Calvin J. "Singleness and Celibacy." T&T Clark Handbook to the Historical Paul, edited by Ryan S. Schellenberg and Heidi Wendt, T&T Clark, 2022, pp. 155–66. Bloomsbury Collections, https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/encyclopedia-chapter?docid=b-9780567691989&tocid=b-9780567691989-chapter11.

Where in the Bible are we looking?

Acts 7-13

1 Corinthians 6-7 and 13

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The Bible is full of gender non conforming people: the eunuchs! Join Leo and me to learn more about who the eunuchs were and what we can learn from how they are presented in the Bible.

Want to learn more about it? Here are the sources I used as I researched this episode:

Everhart, Janet S. The Hidden Eunuchs of the Hebrew Bible: Uncovering an Alternate Gender. 2003. The Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver, PhD dissertation. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, https://www.proquest.com/docview/305232754?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&sourcetype=Dissertations%20&%20Theses.

Hester, J. David. "Eunuchs and the Postgender Jesus: Matthew 19.12 and Transgressive Sexualities." Journal for the Study of the New Testament, vol. 28, no. 1, Sept. 2005, pp. 13-40. SAGE Journals, https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X05057772.

Wilson, Nancy. Our Tribe: Queer Folks, God, Jesus, and the Bible. HarperSanFrancisco, 1995, pp. 120-134

Where in the Bible are we looking?

Matthew 19:1-12

Acts 8:26-40

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Lesbian lovers? Polyamory? What is happening with Ruth and Naomi? Listen in as Nina and I discuss some possible ways to understand the love between these two women.

Want to learn more about it? Here are the sources I used as I researched this episode:

Keita, Schadrac, and Janet W. Dyk. "The Scene at the Threshing Floor: Suggestive Readings and Intercultural Considerations on Ruth 3." The Bible Translator, vol. 57, no. 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 37-48. SAGE Journals, https://doi.org/10.1177/026009350605700103.

Krutzsch, Brett. "Un-Straightening Boaz in Ruth Scholarship." Biblical Interpretation, vol. 23, no. 4-5, 2015, pp. 541-52. Brill, https://doi.org/10.1163/15685152-02345P04.

Powell, Stephanie Day. Narrative Desire and the Book of Ruth. Bloomsbury Academic, 2017. Bloomsbury Collections, https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?docid=b-9780567678775.

Shore-Goss, Robert E., and Mona West, editors. The Queer Bible Commentary. 2nd ed., SCM Press, 2022.

Wilson, Nancy. Our Tribe: Queer Folks, God, Jesus, and the Bible. HarperSanFrancisco, 1995, pp. 153-157.

Where in the Bible are we looking?

Ruth 1-4

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