Eve Isn’t Evil: The Relationship between Feminism and the Bible

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A Presentation by Julie Faith Parker: September 24, 7-8:30 pm at St. Paul’s On the Green

The Bible has been used as a weapon against women for millennia—but feminist biblical scholarship is changing that harmful practice. In this presentation, Old Testament scholar Julie Faith Parker combines historical information, visual images, and examples from her own family to trace the waves of the feminist movement and explain their influence on biblical interpretation. Continuing the focus on feminism and the Bible, Dr. Parker will also introduce her most recent book, Eve Isn’t Evil.  Hailed by Publisher’s Weekly as “smart and impressive,” this book uses rigorous Biblical scholarship, personal stories, and humor to cast new light on some familiar biblical texts.  Join us as we explore the Bible’s power to enrich our feminist and theological self-understanding.

After the presentation, copies of Eve Isn’t Evil will be available for purchase ($20) and signing. Light refreshments will be served.

The event is free and open to the public. Please click on this link to let us know if you are going to join us for planning purposes.

The Rev. Dr. Julie Faith Parker is a Visiting Scholar at Union Theological Seminary and the Biblical Scholar in Residence at Marble Collegiate Church, both in New York City. She holds a Ph.D. in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible from Yale University and is an ordained minister in the United Methodist Church. She has taught as a Bible professor at multiple institutions, including General Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, Colby College, and Trinity Lutheran Seminary. The author of many scholarly articles, she has also written or edited eight books, including the recently released Eve Isn’t Evil: Feminist Readings of the Bible to Upend Our Assumptions (Baker Academic, 2023), now in its second printing.