{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Complicated Lives of Enslaved Women of the Bible","description":"The Complicated Lives of Enslaved Women of the Bible An Interview with Dr. Christy Cobb Bible readers tend to skip over the stories of enslaved people because they seem to be treated as props for the \u2018real\u2019 meaning or main message of the biblical account. But a closer look at the lives of these marginalized enslaved people in the stories\u2014such as sex workers who were might have been sold to brothels against their will\u2014enriches our understanding of the Bible. Recognizing the invisible attitudes and forces help us rethink the stories\u2019 meanings. Dr. Christy Cobb is an Assistant Professor of Christianity in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Denver, and she is also an Affiliated Faculty in the Gender\/Women's Studies Department. She is a biblical scholar with a focus on the New Testament and early Christian texts, and her scholarship and teaching focuses on issues of slavery, gender, and sexuality in antiquity, and she writes on texts such as Acts, the Gospels, the Apocryphal Acts, and other ancient narratives. \u200b Full transcript available here: https:\/\/earlychristiantexts.com\/enslaved-bible-women\/ ","author_name":"The Bible and Beyond","author_url":"https:\/\/earlychristiantexts.com\/","html":"