The tables are turned while Melissa interviews Katy! Found out how Katy got her woo-woo call to dive into trans studies, how the Transfiguration story is really a story about a trans Jesus, and so much more.

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The article that Melissa and I mentioned is found in the volume The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible, edited by Susanne Scholz. To grab a copy from Amazon, use my affiliate link right here. (But try to score a copy at a library if this one is pricy!)

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You’ll love getting to know Aren and Joanna, two trans women Hebrew Bible scholars! They are readers of Trans Biblical, and they have an amazing story to share, both as scholars of the ancient world and also as partners in love and life. We talk about their personal journeys, gender fluidity in the ancient world., and why all of this is more important now than ever. You can find Joanna Hormrighausen on her website, and Aren Wilson-Wright on her faculty page.

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Introducing Mack Griffith (soon to be Dr. Griffith) You’re going to be enchanted by emerging New Testament scholar Mack Griffith—soon-to-be Dr. Griffith—to explore reading the Bible through a trans-positive lens. Mack shares his journey from a fundamentalist Baptist background to coming out as queer, all the while digging into trans theories in the Gospel of John, offering fresh insights on “recognition scenes” (think: the man born blind, Doubting Thomas, Jesus’s trials) as powerful moments of self-identification and revelation.

Along the way, we discuss why trans biblical interpretation matters today: how a diversity of approaches prevents monolithic readings, how these methods invite cis listeners into empathy by recognizing shared experiences of estrangement, and why studying scripture this way feels like resistance against harmful narratives. Find Mack on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mack.epg or IG https://www.instagram.com/thecarefulpoet/

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