Story Time! Birth of Isaac & Disowning Family Jennifer Bird, PhD 2026-09-21 | Story Time! Birth of Isaac & Disowning Family
Change how You Think about Slav*ry in the Bible, in under 6 minutes Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-09-21 | People ask "what did Paul or Jesus think about slavery?" I think we should ask a different question, because that is like asking what we think about there being poor people, middle class, upper class, and billionaires, today. Paul didn't denounce enslavement because he didn't get its effects. He benefitted from it. That will impact what he said, intentionally or flippantly, in relation to it!#criticalbiblicalscholarship #paul #apostlepaul #notwhatyouthink #biblical #biblicalscholarship #biblicalscholar #feministscholar #feminism #bible #religiousstudies #biblicalstudies
Check it Out! I Created a Short Course on Paul! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-08-30 | I finally wrapped up these videos! Here is a 5 minute overview of what is in this series. I'm so excited to share them with anyone who wants to think about Paul in a radically new way!#biblicalscholarship #paul #apostlepaul #notwhatyouthink #biblical #biblicalscholar #feministscholar #feminism #bible #education #educational #educationalvideo #religiousstudies #biblicalstudies
Jacob s Ladder & His Sister Wives: Story Time! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-08-05 | We'll be reading through Genesis 28-30 or so. #storytime #biblicalscholarship #biblical #biblicalscholar #genesis #genesis29 #genesis30 #jacobsladder #jacobsdream ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6380171222056960
Dr. Valerie Bridgeman & WomanPreach! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-08-01 | Rev. Dr. Valerie Bridgeman is Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs andAssociate Professor of Homiletics and Hebrew Bible at Methodist Theological School in Ohio (Columbus). She was ordained in 1985, completed her BA from Trinity University in 1986, and M.Div. from Austin Theological Seminary in 1990 (Distinguished Alumna Award in 2018), and a Ph.D., from Baylor University in 2002.She is also CEO and founder of of WomanPreach! Inc., which partners with MTSO to provide practical training and nurturing community spaces that empower preachers across the country. MTSO and WomanPreach! share a five-year, $1.25 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to do this work together. She is celebrating their 15th year of this work this fall!Dr Bridgeman is one of the most vibrant scholars I know. She is dynamic, deeply caring, and has seemingly endless passion about justice of all forms. #hebrewbible #preaching #womanpreach #femalepastor #umc #biblicalscholarship #biblicalscholar #empoweringwomen #empowering ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6380171222056960
Do We Like Issacs Character?? Deceit, Acquiring a Woman, Picking Favorites... Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-07-27 | Continuing through Genesis together.#biblicalscholarship #feministscholar #feminist #genesis #genesis24 #jacob #isaac #podcast #storytime If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7 ___________________________________🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6380171222056960
Isaacs Underappreciated Story (Gen 21-22) Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-07-25 | We will start with Genesis 20, just to keep the full narrative being read, but will focus on the birth and near sacrifice of Isaac in Genesis 21-22. 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6380171222056960
Ever Wonder What Trans Interpretations of the Bible Might Look Like? Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-07-11 | It is my honor to have a conversation with the three editors of _Trans Biblical: New Approaches to Interpretation & Embodiment in Scripture_, J Marchal, Mellissa Harl Sellew, & Katy Valentine. This particular edited volume is history-making and envelope-pushing within the field of biblical studies. It creates new spaces for conversation about and engagement with biblical texts through trans lenses. _Trans Biblical_ is by and for academics, yet will resonate in communities of faith and beyond. Please come join us!wjkbooks.com/Products/0664268897/trans-biblical.aspxDiscount code: JUSTICE40For a podcast on this book:youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG6P_Pdm9vjYIytjYAxDmQYj2WTb8ZR50 Melissa Harl Sellew is currently an Adjunct Professor @ United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities (UCC).J Marchal is Professor of Religious Studies at Ball State University. J was on "Story Time!" last year and we had such a delightful conversation then, as well.Katy Valentine, also a previous guest on "Story Time!", has a PhD in New Testament Studies and currently has a spiritual coaching practice. Her insights and honesty about elements of our existence not typically centered can be quite refreshing._____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7 #strorytime #biblicalscholarship #biblical #interpretation #biblicalinterpretation #trans #transinterpretation #notwhatyouthink #biblicalscholar #transrights #hermeneutics #transrightsarehumanrights _____________________________________🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6380171222056960
Why Was Abe Surprised? Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-07-02 | I mean, didn't men notice this was not an issue? ;) #storytime #abraham #fertility #biblicalscholarship #genesis
The Promise of Isaac & the Demise of Sodom Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-06-27 | Let's pick up where we left off and cover the next few chapters, Genesis 18-19.🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6380171222056960
Food for Thought on the Tower of Babel Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-06-21 | #notwhatyouthink #biblical #biblicalscholarship #feministscholar #feministscholarship #genesis #genesis11 #towerofbabel #depiction #depictionofgod #language #culture #itsbiblical
Abram & Lot & Claims to THE Land Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-06-20 | We will pick up where we left off last week, Genesis 13, and see how far we get. There are some interesting details to pay attention to in these under-appreciated chapters!#storytime #biblicalstories #biblicalscholarship #biblicalscholar #genesis #bookofgenesis #wherearethewomen #abram #abraham #canaan #canaanites #notwhatyouthink #maps ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6380171222056960
Beyond the Flood, the Tower of Babel and Abram P*mping out Sarai to save Himself! (Gen 9-12) Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-06-13 | This was fun - hope you enjoy the replay.Were you told that the humans in the Tower of Babel story were arrogant? Were you taught to read that story through the lens of "original sin" and human sinfulness? Let's re-read it together. I think it might surprise you! #biblical #biblicalscholarship #biblicalmarriage #marriageinthebible #genesis #genesis12 #genesis11 ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7
Food For Thought on Pauls Ideas about Salvation Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-06-08 | #notwhatyouthink #biblical #biblicalscholarship #paul #jesus #salvation #death
Did Jesus Message Implicate Paul?! (spoiler: YES, I think so!) Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-06-07 | Significant shifts in the way we see something often come from sitting with just one detail, and letting it surprise us a bit. That is what I was trying to do when I wrote a terrible little short story that put the Jesus and Paul scenario in current contexts. This is a clip from that livestream.#storytime #clips #jesus #paul #notwhatyouthink #biblical #bible #reframing #foodforthought
Genealogies and Flood Stories! What Tidbits have You been Missing in There? Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-06-06 | We will pick up where we left off, in Genesis 5 and read through the two intertwined flood stories. There are more juicy details in these chapters than you might imagine! There is a document linked on my website that pulls these two stories apart for you, if you are interested in seeing that: jennifergracebird.com/general-clean#flood-storiesIf you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7 #storytime #story #floodstory #flood #biblical #biblicalscholarship #feministscholar #feminist #feministscholarship #genealogies #makinbabies #notwhatyouthink _____________________________________________________🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out StreamYard and get $10 discount! 😍 streamyard.com/pal/d/6380171222056960
Are Humans Born with Original Sin? DOES the Bible Tell You So? Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-05-13 | Another round of ideas about original sin and what the Bible does and does not say about it. Paul's ideas in Romans are the starting point for it ...but are you aware of how much he misreads Genesis in getting there? Come take a look! #bibleverses #biblicalscholar #biblicalscholarship #biblical #originalsin #notwhatyouthink #itsnotinthere #notinthere #apostlepaul #bookofgenesis #génesis2 #genesis3 #romans3 #romans5 #permissiongranted #gardenofeden
What Are They Modeling? (fr. ch 9 of Marriage in the Bible) Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-04-24 | Did you know that Jesus and Paul did not agree on the subjects of sex and marriage?? This ~20 minute video is a the summary of what chapter 9 of _Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?_ is about.#marriage #biblicalscholarship #biblicalmarriage #marriageinthebible #oldtestament #hebrewbible #newtestament #newertestament #jesus #paul #notwhatyouthink #settinganexample
Mark of Cain & The Garden - What are They Really Talking About? Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-04-04 | Two of the most well-known and often referred to stories in the Hebrew Bible: let's talk about them!#storytime #biblical #biblicalstories #biblicalscholarship #biblicalstudies #biblicalscholar #feminist #feministscholar #genesis #gardenofeden #thegarden #genesis3 #genesis4 #markofcain #myths #myth #mythic ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7
Reading the opening of Johns gospel, put to music! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-03-28 | Check this out and see if it doesn't make the opening lines of John's gospel make more sense. #storytime #john1 #gospelofjohn #soundtrack
How Many Creation Stories ARE There in the Christian Bible? Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-03-28 | Before you say, "One," or, "Two!" take a step back. :) Come join me for some fun reading of the beginning of Genesis, and another passage or two.#storytime #biblicalscholarship #biblicalscholar #genesis #proverbs #logos #sophia #gospelofjohn #criticalthinking #criticalscholarship #feministscholar #feministscholar ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7
Retelling Pauls Story - just the story itself Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-03-15 | Here's just the story from this week's "Story Time!" I still find it somewhat compelling for helping us try to reframe the way we think about what Paul might have been up to in response to what Jesus was up to. See what you think!#storytime #notwhatyouthink #retelling #reframing #reframingmindset #paulsconversion #paultheapostle #takealook
A Retelling of Pauls Story, short story by Dr. Bird Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-03-14 | I have been mulling over, for YEARS, how to make this issue relatable: how do I talk about Paul and his "conversion" from Saul to Paul in a way that connects for people? What can I say that will be different enough for people to be able to take a step back from what Paul's letters say in order to radically reconsider Paul, his "story," and the content of his letters? I have one idea that I'd like to share with you all. This is a different kind of a "Story Time!": I have written a short story for you all! It would not make it into a literary journal by any means, but I think it might be useful. I think it might shine a light on an element about Paul and what he ended up doing that can be useful for people today. We'll see what you all think!#storytime #story #bookofacts #paulsconversion #criticalthinking #notwhatyouthink #lettersofpaul #paulwasnotachristian____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7
Reading through Acts Together (Pt 8!) Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-03-07 | We will pick up at Acts 24 and see how much we can cover! Please come join us live for the chatter or catch the replay. __________________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7
Megan Lewis, Digital Hammurabis star, Joins us for Story Time! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-02-27 | Megan Lewis, of Digital Hammurabi (podcast and website) fame and host of "Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman" podcast is joining us today. I enjoy these conversations with scholars, since they touch on parts of who these people are that you might not otherwise know about, and in Megan's case it is incredibly delightful! I hope you'll enjoy our banter, whether live or on replay. #assyriology #assyriologist @DigitalHammurabi #misquotingjesus #notwhatyouthink #takealook #storytime ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7 #biblicalstudies #biblicalscholarship #biblicalteachings #biblicalscholar
Reading through Acts Together ~ Part 7 Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-02-21 | Come join us for lively banter in the comments and exchange of ideas about the book of Acts, picking up where we left off last time, in chapter 19. ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7
PSA on John 3:16? (Public Safety Awareness) #notwhatyouthink Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-02-20 | There are several layers to this well-known and mostly well-loved verse in John's gospel. I wonder how many of them you have stopped to think about, given some consideration to. Please stay with it at least up to minute 6. #takealook #storytime #psa #biblicalscholarship #biblicalstudies #john316 #john3 #criticalthinking #implications
Critical Reading of Acts (Pt 6!) Story Time! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-02-14 | We will pick up where we left off, which is in Acts 16. What questions do you have about reading through Acts together? ____________________________ If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprof Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprof personal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book: Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY? Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7 #marriageinthebible #biblicalmarriage #notwhatyouthink #genesis #sodom #marriageequality #marriageequalityforall #lgbtqlove #humansexuality #reframing #misunderstanding
What Plinys Letter to Trajan Tells us abt 1st Century Christianity Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-02-07 | This is one of my favorite things to look at alongside Newer Testament texts. It sheds light on the reality of the Imperial Cult and what it meant to participate in it, and thus what kinds of things were likely going on for followers of the Christ who were *not* participating in it. Please come join us live or enjoy the replay.#newtestament #newertestament #newtestamentwritings #biblicalscholarship #biblicalstudies #plinytotrajan #lettersofpliny #firstpeter #revelation #notwhatyouthink #makingsenseof #understanding #politics ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7
Im Looking for a Little More Nuance on Religion Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-02-05 | One of the first things we talk about in an intro course on "world religions" is how complex it is to try to define whether something is "a religion" or not. In this video, I am talking through one set of identifying realities that scholars have come up with to help us talk about these collective human activities and group behaviors. "Religion" is much broader than many people in Western contexts have had a chance to consider. This is simply a video about raising awareness. I am not trying to endorse any kind of practice or religious identity. #religion #religiousstudies #whatisreligion #notwhatyouthink #define #understanding ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7
Dr. Robyn Walsh Comes to Story Time! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-01-31 | Bring your questions, bring your friendly banter. This should be a fun conversation with Dr. Walsh, a brilliant scholar of religions of the ancient Mediterranean.robynfaithwalsh.com Robyn Faith Walsh is an Associate Professor at the University of Miami (UM). She has a Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College (the one in Newton, Mass.), earned a Master of Divinity from Harvard University in 2005, a Master of Arts from Brown University (2010) and a PhD from Brown (2014) in Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean, with a focus on early Christianity, ancient Judaism, and Roman archaeology. She teaches courses on the New Testament, Greco-Roman literature and material culture. Her research specialties: • the letters of Paul,• the history and interpretation of the Synoptic problem,• theory and method,• cognitive science,• Imperial-era literature and archaeology,• the influence of German Romanticism on the field of early Christian studies,• philosophy of religion.Her Amazon page: amzn.to/40Wf8Et Her first monograph, The Origins of Early Christian Literature: Contextualizing the New Testament within Greco-Roman Literary Culture, was published with Cambridge University Press in 2021 and is now available in paperback. Please see her personal website for some articles she is sharing there. ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7 #grecoroman #greekliterature #greekmyths #newertestament #newtestament #biblicalscholarship #biblicalstudies #lettersofpaul #historicaljesus #earlychristianity
A Message from Scripture for THIS Moment Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-01-23 | I've been mulling this over the past couple of days, so I thought I'd do a quick little gig on it.
Did You Know This about Ancient Sumerians & Their Schools? #seriously Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-01-17 | I'm guessing lots of you knew about the thumbprints in the ancient clay tablets, their way of "signing" things. But were you aware of the number of tablets that still exist and what scholars have pulled from them about schools?For the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=N5rMxhP7NiQ&t=3026s#notwhatyouthink #biblicalstudies #biblicalscholarship #sumerianrecords #claytablets #akkadian #cuneiform @DigitalHammurabi
Why Should You Care about Ancient Sumerian? w/ Dr. Josh! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-01-17 | I am eager to have this conversation with Dr. Josh Bowen, to get a bit of a peak into his background and why or how he ended up being Dr. Josh: a counter-apologist on slavery in the Hebrew Bible and biblical laws in general. I'm looking forward to this convo; I hope you all will enjoy it with us live or on the replay.#biblicalstudies #biblicalinterpretation #biblical #sumerians #sumeria #ancient #ancienthistory #ancientlanguages #notwhatyouthink #atheist #biblicallaws #lawsinthebible #oldtestament #hebrewbible ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofJoin my Membership here on YouTube!Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?
Did Jesus Praise the Womans *Faith*?!? (wait for it!) Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-01-03 | This is a 2minute clip from "Was Jesus Praising the Poor Woman's Great Faith?!? Economic Readings, Pt 2"youtube.com/live/6a83EbntKd8?si=y_fqO9Kbp8gUAnfy&t=1663#notwhatyouthink #gospel #gospelstories #jesusonexploitation #jesus #poorwidow #givingitall #exploitation #taxationsystem ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofPatreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?Hardback: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Audio: bit.ly/3PaBDi7
Critical Reading of Acts, Pt 5 Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-01-03 | If you've been following along with these live readings of Acts, you will know that I have been reading slower than I had anticipated. I also keep announcing mid-stream that I'll just jump over to the 2nd and 3rd accounts of Paul's moment on the road to Damascus, but never follow through on that! My apologies. But once I've had some time away from it, I start to feel compelled to try to get through it all, eventually. I think this is important enough content that it is worth just taking my time so that I can touch on it all. Yes? So, in this stream we will pick up at Acts 14 and see how far we can get. I'll come prepared to discuss the things that Christians are usually taught not to pay attention to and to highlight the anti-Judaic passages; it just so happens that these are usually the same things. ;)#storytime #bookofacts #acts #paul #pauloftarsus #antioch #christianorigins #notwhatyouthink #critical #criticalscholarship #biblicalstudies #feministscholar #feministinterpretation #biblicalscholarship #roadtrip #roadtodamascus ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofJoin my Membership here on YouTube!Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?#marriageinthebible #biblicalmarriage #notwhatyouthink #genesis #sodom #marriageequality #marriageequalityforall #lgbtqlove #humansexuality #reframing #misunderstanding
DOES the Bible say Women are Primarily Baby-Makers?!? #spoiler : Yes & No! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2025-01-02 | Check out this video on chapter 8 of my latest book, "Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?" It is available in hardback & in audio, read by me: http://bit.ly/3DGezVY #spoiler #doesthebibletellyouso #bible #jesus #paul #morethanmothers ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofJoin my Membership here on YouTube!Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?#marriageinthebible #biblicalmarriage #notwhatyouthink #genesis #sodom #marriageequality #marriageequalityforall #lgbtqlove #humansexuality #reframing #misunderstanding
What did Jesus REALLY say about marriage? Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-12-24 | Here’s a sliver of chapter 7, “Newer Testament References,” from my book on marriage in the Bible. Hard copy and audio now available! bit.ly/3PaBDi7#notwhatyouthink #marriageinthebible #marriageequality #jesus #jesusonmarriage #paulonmarriage #whatdothetextssay
Critical Reading of Acts, Pt 4 - Does It All Add Up? Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-12-20 | We will pick up with Acts 11, and read somewhat selectively so that I do not become too uncomfortable with it all! #storytime #bookofacts #acts #reframing #earlychristianity ____________________________ If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprof Join my Membership here on YouTube! Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprof personal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY? #marriageinthebible #biblicalmarriage #notwhatyouthink #genesis #sodom #marriageequality #marriageequalityforall #lgbtqlove #humansexuality #reframing #misunderstanding
Why I Care SO Much abt, What you find in the Bible - check it out! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-12-15 | OMG! This clip about hormones sums up why I "care about what people do with what they find in the Bible." These ancient texts are still informing the ways people teach their children about social behaviors and expectations, yes?#materiality #itsbiblical #bible #notwhatyouthink #biblicalinterpretation #feminist #feministinterpretation #readitforyourself #readthebible
Lets Hear It! Dan McClellan on Story Time! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-12-11 | I don't know about you, but I am eager to hear a bit more about Dan's story, how and why he became the "Data Over Dogma" historian of the bible guy. Come join us live or catch the replay of my conversation with this kind and brilliant man. @maklelan #biblicalstudies #biblical #biblicalinterpretation #thebiblesaysso #thebiblesays @dataoverdogma #notwhatyouthink ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofJoin my Membership here on YouTube!Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?
A Critical Reading of Acts, Part 3 Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-12-06 | We will pick up in chapter 10 and see how far we can get! I am bringing all of the lenses that I use in engaging scripture: feminist, political/post-colonial, materialist, challenging the anti-Judaic content critical lenses.#biblicalinterpretation #biblical #biblicalscholarship #biblicalstudies #biblicalstories #feminist #feministscholar #bookofacts #notwhatyouthink #storytime #biblicalnarratives #doesthebibletellyousoIf you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofJoin my Membership here on YouTube!Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?
You Wont Believe the Things I Heard This Week! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-11-28 | This is a stream to share with you some of the topics and conversations that I got to listen to or participate in at this year's annual Society of Biblical Literature conference. We met in San Diego, along with our "sister field" the American Academy of Religion (which is not an accurate name, as that field also has members from around the world but that is how it started and the name hasn't been updated yet!).If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofJoin my Membership here on YouTube!Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?
Naming the Nameless Matriarchs of the Bible - Story Time! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-11-15 | I am pleased to welcome Dr. Matthew Monger to "Story Time!" to hear a bit of his story, to talk about the personal, literary, and cultural influences that helped lead him to the work that he is doing. You may know of his channel, "The Bible was Written Backwards," where he talks about the processes involved in giving us these ancient texts and collections. Much of his work is what we call "reception history" oriented. This is incredibly interesting, and detailed, work - how did a biblical idea or character end up being handled quite differently in later communities than what the original context suggests? (This is what you call the process of looking at how Mary Magdalene "became" a sex worker in the early church tradition, for instance.) His current work is looking into the names of the women who belonged to the "patriarchs" - their reception history. I am eager to hear what his diligent work will show us!#biblical #biblicalstudies #biblicalinterpretation #matriarch #matriarchs #poweroflanguage #powerofnaming #notwhatyouthink @Biblemonger ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofJoin my Membership here on YouTube!Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?
My response to Your body, my choice. Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-11-14 | Two observations I keep mulling over in light of both the people who would make that claim so publicly and the reaction of people utterly disgusted by it. Let me know what you think! #biblicalinterpretation #biblical #feminist #metoomovement #history #whythismatters
The Politics of Apocalypse ~ Story Time! w Tina Pippin Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-11-08 | It is an honor to have Dr Tina Pippin on "Story Time!" She was one of the first critical biblical scholars I learned about as a graduate student at Vanderbilt. She is currently the Wallace M Alston Professor of Bible and Religion at Agnes Scott College. Her interests include the Bible and culture, women and religion, ethics, religion and social justice, science and religion, human rights education, apocalypticism, religion and postmodernism, and feminist ethics. She has collaborated on several significant projects that interrogate biblical texts through literary and literary theory informed lenses. And one of her articles on gender in Revelation made me okay with reading biblical scholarship on this book that I do not particularly enjoy. I am thrilled that she was excited to join us today. Bring your curiosity and your questions and join us for this lively conversation. #biblical #biblicalinterpretation #biblicalscholarship #revelation #bookofrevelation #desire #feminist #feministinterpretation #apocalypse #apocalyptic #genre #newertestament #newtestament ____________________________ If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprof Join my Membership here on YouTube! Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprof personal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?
Reading Through Acts, Part 2 Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-11-01 | Before getting into the content, I will make a quick reference to this episode of "Fresh Air," since it has to do with policies that the Trump administration would be poised to sign: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fresh-air/id214089682?i=1000675092484We will pick up where we left off, at chapter 5 of Acts. I am bringing my full toolkit of critical lenses to reading through Acts, because it is such a deeply important book for Christians but most have not given these elements serious consideration. Come join us or watch it on the replay for nuggets about the demise of Stephen and the first iteration of Paul's big event (on the road to Damascus). You just might think about these things differently next time around!#biblical #biblicalinterpretation #biblicalstudies #bookofacts #notwhatyouthink #feminist #feministscholar #feministinterpretation #paulontheroadtodamascus #antijudaism #paulsconversion #acts9 #roadtodamascus ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofJoin my Membership here on YouTube!Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?
Vote Like Jesus : A Diablocritics Pre-election Special! Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-10-27 | Join us LIVE on Sunday, 27 October for our signature discussion and Q&A! WE'RE BACK! The US election is nearly upon us, so we thought it might be productive to engage Christian apologetics around voting. Come join us live for a couple hours of serious laughter and thoughtful engagements with one of the best known Christian apologists, Mark Driscoll. Aside from Jesus never having entered a voting booth, what exactly does Driscoll say about how Jesus would vote? Wouldn't you know it? He recently wrote a book and has been delivering a sermon series on the material. Brace yourself. @DigitalHammurabi @maklelan @Biblemonger @DrKippDavis @DeepDrinks The Diablocritics is a monthly livestream in which five scholars tackle bad biblical scholarship and apologetics on a more in-depth level, and to answer your questions about the Bible. Watch Driscoll's stomach turning sermons here: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAYWRCyUBQamES1sj6PUHudbm2Htf7feE #biblicalstudies #biblicalinterpretation #antiapologists #christianapologist #diablocritics ____________________________If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprofJoin my Membership here on YouTube!Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprofpersonal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book:rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?
On F*scism, Trump, and P2025 Jennifer Bird, PhD 2024-10-27 | I decided a follow up to my off the collar video about this issue was called for. I am going to stream a video about tactics of fascism, by Professor of Philosophy at Yale University, Jason Stanley.#project2025 #fascism #tacticsoffascism @bigthink ____________________________ If you're interested in more &/or want to support me and the work that I do: Join my YT Membership! youtube.com/@JenniferBirdPhD/membership My bio.link: bio.link/moxieprof Join my Membership here on YouTube! Patreon: biblicalbird Instagram: moxieprof TikTok: jbird.moxieprof personal site: www.jennifergracebird.com Facebook: jennifer.grace.bird patheos.com/editorial/podcasts/wild-olive My most recent book: rowman.com/ISBN/9781538121054/?force=1 Marriage in the Bible: What DO the Texts SAY?
