Chasing Canonical Characters - DVD - BAS Class 3

Biblical Archaeology Society 

 The colorful personalities within the Biblical narrative are what makes the ancient texts come alive.  In Chasing Canonical Characters, Phyllis Trible - a founding scholar of contemporary feminist Biblical criticism - utilizes literary, rhetorical and feminist methods to weave a vibrant tapestry illuminating the tales of the Hebrew Bible and the unforgettable characters found within them.

• God the Creator
• Eve
• Adam
• Hagar, Sarah, and Abraham
• Ishmael and Isaac
• Jacob
• Miriam
• Elijah and Jezebel
• Jonah
• God Wrathful and Merciful

PHILLIS TRIBLE is the Baldwin Professor Emerita of Sacred Literature at Union Theological Seminary in New York.  She was formerly the Associate Dean and Professor of Biblical Studies at Wake Forrest University School of Divinity.  She served as president of the Society of Biblical Literature in 1994, the second woman to serve in that capacity since the organization was founded in 1880.  Trible is a leading authority on feminist interpretation of Biblical texts, as well as literary and rhetorical Biblical criticism.