Welcome to Book Club! Our first guest is Dr. Jennifer Bird, biblical scholar and author of Permission Granted. We sat down with Dr. Bird to discuss her views on the Bible, her career, and her beautifully written book! It’s definitely worth reading, but don’t take our word for it!
About the Author:
Jennifer Bird grew up in the United Methodist Church and was doing full time ministry after college, when people around her started showing her that sometimes the Bible doesn’t say what she had always thought that it did. So, she went to seminary in order to learn biblical languages for herself. This led to other unexpected discoveries along the way, all of which fueled her desire to share with others the things she was learning. She completed doctoral studies in New Testament and Early Christianity from Vanderbilt University in 2007, and has been teaching in classrooms in Tennessee, North Carolina, Oregon, and most recently Virginia ever since. Her scholarship focuses on inviting people to read the Bible seriously, and for themselves, especially in relation to topics such as gender, marriage, sexuality, and what it is saying to women. In her free time, you can find Jennifer outdoors, working out, or cuddling with her feline companion, Minerva.
jennifergracebird.com
Go check out her website to see the new book she's about to drop, and her YouTube channel, with weekly short videos of “food for thought” content related to the Bible.
