Season 5 Episode 21: Dr. Wil Gafney

In this episode, we welcome Womanist biblical scholar, the Rev. Dr. Wil Gafney, Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the author of Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to Women of the Torah and of the Throne, numerous commentaries and co-editor of The Peoples’ Bible and The Peoples’ Companion to the Bible. She is also the author of a Women’s Lectionary for the Whole Church and translator of its biblical selections; the first two volumes, Year A and W were published in August 2021. Volumes B and C are due in 2023 and 2024. She is currently writing the second volume of Womanist Midrash focusing on women in the Prophets. Dr. Gafney is an Episcopal priest canonically resident in the Diocese of Pennsylvania and licensed in the Diocese of North Texas. She is a former Army chaplain and congregational pastor in the AME Zion Church. Dr Gafney has co-taught courses with and for the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Seminary in Wyncote, PA.This podcast was recorded on December 7th, 2021.