Harlots, Widows, and Barren Women
Posted September 20, 2016 at 5:48 am by Tim Dustrude
Four-Week Class on Anonymous Women in the Bible
A four-week class on “Harlots, Widows, and Barren Women” explores some of the nameless women whom biblical history has forgotten. Led by Dr. Rebecca Moore, the course will look at the ways in which narratives about these unnamed women contribute to the theologies that appear in the Christian Old and New Testaments.
The class meets four Tuesdays in October, beginning October 4, in the Teen Room in Gryphon Hall at St. David’s Episcopal Church, 760 Park Street, Friday Harbor. Each class will be offered twice, both in the morning between 10:00-11:00 a.m., and again in the evening between 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Rebecca Moore – Contributed photo
“We will be looking at everyone from Mrs. Noah and Mrs. Potiphar, to the virtuous wife in Proverbs and the anointing woman who appears in all four gospels,” according to Dr. Moore, an Emerita Professor of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. “Who were these women? And why were their stories included in the Bible?” she asks. “Those are a just few of the questions participants will be considering.”
For more information, please contact St. David’s Episcopal Church, 378-5360.
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