The Bloody Bible Podcast

• Love thy neighbour: The Bible and transphobia

  Find us on Twitter @BloodyBiblePod, on Facebook @TheBloodyBiblePodcast, and on Instagram @bloodybiblepodcast. You can also email the podcast at [email protected] Bloody Bible podcast is produced by Caroline Blyth, Emily Colgan and Richard BonifantEpisodes are recorded and edited by Richard BonifantOur podcast music is ‘Stalker’ by Alexis Ortiz Sofield, courtesy of Pixabay music https://pixabay.com/music/search/stalker/ Our podcast art was created by Sarah Lea Westhttps://www.instagram.com/sarahleawest.art/?fbclid=IwAR0F4i-R7JpRePmm8PmGta_OkOCWa-kMjR3QGSSeOKi6SWNrCk3rA5VuIZk Resources for this episodeRachel Abrams, “Target Steps Out in Front of Bathroom Choice Debate.” New York Times, 27 April 2016. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/28/business/target-steps-out-in-front-of-bathroom-choice-debate.html Eric’s coming-out scene (Sex Education, series 4, ep. 8, Netflix) https://www.tiktok.com/@netflixsa/video/7287899228637121810 Liv Facey, “Through Eric, Sex Education Season 4 Offers a Realistic Look at Young Queer People’s Relationship With God.” Teen Vogue 25 September 2023. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/eric-sex-education-season-4-queer-people-god-op-ed Lydia Feng, “Australian study finds risk of sexual assault and violence significantly higher for trans women of colour.” ABC News, 26 February 2020. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-26/study-finds-high-sexual-assault-rates-for-trans-women-of-colour/12395226 Nili Sacher Fox, “Gender Transformation and Transgression: Contextualizing the Prohibition of Cross-Dressing in Deuteronomy 22:5.” In Mishneh Todah : Studies in Deuteronomy and Its Cultural Environment in Honor of Jeffrey H. Tigay, edited by Nili Sacher Fox, David A. Glatt-Gilad, and Michael J. Williams, 49–71 (University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2009).Austin Hartke and Myles Markham, “What Does the Bible Say About Transgender People?” Human Rights Campaign. https://www.hrc.org/resources/what-does-the-bible-say-about-transgender-people Christopher Hudspeth, “Sex Education Cast Guide: Meet Season 4’s Rambunctious Roster.” Netflix, 29 September 2023. https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/sex-education-season-4-cast-guide Claire Landsbaum, “Laverne Cox Explains Why Anti-Trans Bathroom Legislation Isn’t Actually About Bathrooms.” The Cut, 24 February 2017. https://www.thecut.com/2017/02/laverne-cox-explains-what-bathroom-laws-are-really-about.html German Lopez, “Myth #3: Letting trans people use the bathroom or locker room matching their gender identity is dangerous.” Vox, 14 November 2018. https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/5/13/17938102/transgender-people-bathrooms-locker-rooms-schools Aysha W. Musa, “Jael Is Non-Binary; Jael Is Not A Woman.” Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies 1, no. 2 (2020). https://jibs.hcommons.org/2022/07/20/musa-jael-is-non-binary/ NSVRC, “What are the connections between Transphobia, Racism and Sexual Violence?” March 8 2023. https://www.nsvrc.org/blogs/saam/what-are-connections-between-transphobia-racism-and-sexual-violence OUTline Aotearoa, Glossary. https://outline.org.nz/glossary/ Casey Parks, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement, “Most trans adults say transitioning made them more satisfied with their lives.” Washington Post, 23 March 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/23/transgender-adults-transitioning-poll/ Radio New Zealand, “Let’s Be Transparent” podcast. https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/let-s-be-transparent Peterson Toscano, “Joseph and the Amazing Gender Non-Conforming Bible Story.” YouTube, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkikBKW8vmQ&t=575s&ab_channel=PetersonToscano US Trans Survey, “2015 Transgender Survey.” https://transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/usts/USTS-Full-Report-Dec17.pdf Harold Torger Vedeler, “Reconstructing Meaning in Deuteronomy 22:5.” Journal of Biblical Literature 127, no. 3 (2008): 459–76.World Gender Customs map https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/ Stoyan Zaimov, “Robert Jeffress on What Jesus Thinks About the Transgender Debate.” Christian Post, 16 May 2016. https://www.christianpost.com/news/robert-jeffress-what-jesus-thinks-about-transgender-debate.html Support servicesOUTline helpline (NZ) - https://outline.org.nz/ Rainbow Youth (NZ) https://ry.org.nz/ Gender Minorities Aotearoa (NZ) https://genderminorities.com/ TransUnite (UK) https://www.transunite.co.uk/ Be You Project (UK) - https://thebeyouproject.co.uk/resources/ LGBT Foundation helpline (UK) https://lgbt.foundation/helpline LGBT Foundation (USA) https://lgbt.foundation/how-we-can-help-you The Trevor Project (USA) https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ Reach Out (Australia) https://au.reachout.com/articles/lgbtqi-support-services Transcend (Australia) https://transcend.org.au/Trans Hub (Australia) https://www.transhub.org.au/

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• Betrayal: Judas

  Find us on Twitter @BloodyBiblePod, on Facebook @TheBloodyBiblePodcast, and on Instagram @bloodybiblepodcast. You can also email the podcast at [email protected] Bloody Bible podcast is produced by Caroline Blyth, Emily Colgan and Richard BonifantEpisodes are recorded and edited by Richard BonifantOur podcast music is ‘Stalker’ by Alexis Ortiz Sofield, courtesy of Pixabay music https://pixabay.com/music/search/stalker/ Our podcast art was created by Sarah Lea Westhttps://www.instagram.com/sarahleawest.art/?fbclid=IwAR0F4i-R7JpRePmm8PmGta_OkOCWa-kMjR3QGSSeOKi6SWNrCk3rA5VuIZk Resources for this episodeSandra Schmidt Bunkers, “With a kiss: Betrayal.” Nursing Science Quarterly 31, no. 1 (2018), pp. 6–10.Vikram Dodd, “Louise Casey’s report on the Met police: The fall of a British institution.” The Guardian 21 March 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/21/louise-caseys-report-on-the-met-police-the-fall-of-a-british-institution Bart Ehrman, The Lost Gospel of Judas Iscariot: A New Look at Betrayer and Betrayed. Oxford University Press, 2008.Jennifer M. Gómez and Robyn L. Gobin, “Black women and girls and #MeToo: Rape, cultural betrayal, and healing.” Sex Roles 82 (2020), pp. 1–12.Catherine Sider Hamilton, “The death of Judas in Matthew: Matthew 27:9 Reconsidered.” Journal of Biblical Literature 137, no. 2 (2018), pp. 419–437. M. Eve Hanan, “Remorse bias.” Missouri Law Review 83, no. 2, art. 6 (2018), 302–57.James D. Martin, “Why did Judas do it? Reflections on the life and death of Jesus’ betrayer.” America, May 29, 2006, pp. 12–15.Metropolitan Police, “The Baroness Casey Review.” 2023. https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/bcr/baroness-casey-review/ Robert J. Myles, “Dandy discipleship: A queering of Mark's male disciples.” Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality 4, no. 2 (2010), pp. 66–81.Tom Phillips, “Wrestling with grief: Fan negotiation of professional/private personas in responses to the Chris Benoit double murder–suicide.” Celebrity Studies 6, no. 1 (2015), pp. 69–84.Michael Proeve, “Addressing the challenges of remorse in the criminal justice system.” Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 30, no. 1 (2023), pp. 68-82.Ralph Slovenko, “Commentary: Remorse,” Journal of Psychiatry and Law 34 (2006), pp. 397–432.Real Crime Profile, “Exposing the police: Internal review of London’s Met Police Force.” 6 April 2023.https://wondery.com/shows/real-crime-profile/episode/5395-exposing-the-police-internal-review-of-londons-met-police-force/ Laura Richardson Walton and Kevin D.Williams, “World Wrestling Entertainment responds to the Chris Benoit tragedy: A case study.” International Journal ot Sport Communication 4 (2011), pp. 99-114.World History Encyclopedia, “Judas Iscariot.” https://www.worldhistory.org/Judas_Iscariot/ Victor Xu, “Brock Turner’s statement in trial and at his sentencing hearing.” Stanford Daily, 10 June 2016. https://stanforddaily.com/2016/06/10/brock-turners-statement-in-trial-and-at-his-sentencing-hearing/#:~:text=I%20made%20a%20mistake%2C%20I,just%20take%20it%20all%20back. Support ServicesMental Health Foundation helplines (NZ) https://mentalhealth.org.nz/helplinesLifeline Australia https://www.lifeline.org.au/Suicide Prevention Helpline (UK) https://www.spuk.org.uk/national-suicide-prevention-helpline-uk/Crisis Text Line (USA) https://www.crisistextline.org/List of sexual assault support services (NZ) – https://sexualabuse.org.nz/resources/find-sexual-assault-support-near-you/ RAINN (USA) – https://www.rainn.org/ Helping Survivors (USA) – https://helpingsurvivors.org/ Rape Crisis (UK) – https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ Rape Crisis Scotland –​​ https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ Full Stop (Australia) – https://fullstop.org.au/ Shine (NZ) - https://www.2shine.org.nz/ Family Violence - It’s Not Okay (NZ) - https://www.areyouok.org.nz/ National Domestic Violence Hotline (USA) - https://www.thehotline.org/ Women’s Aid (UK) - https://www.womensaid.org.uk/ 1800 Respect (Australia) https://www.1800respect.org.au/ Find a Helpline (lists helplines internationally) https://findahelpline.com/

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• Lady Danger: Jezebel

  Find us on Twitter @BloodyBiblePod, on Facebook @TheBloodyBiblePodcast, and on Instagram @bloodybiblepodcast. You can also email the podcast at [email protected] Bloody Bible podcast is produced by Caroline Blyth, Emily Colgan and Richard BonifantEpisodes are recorded and edited by Richard BonifantOur podcast music is ‘Stalker’ by Alexis Ortiz Sofield, courtesy of Pixabay music https://pixabay.com/music/search/stalker/ Our podcast art was created by Sarah Lea Westhttps://www.instagram.com/sarahleawest.art/?fbclid=IwAR0F4i-R7JpRePmm8PmGta_OkOCWa-kMjR3QGSSeOKi6SWNrCk3rA5VuIZk Resources for this episodeMelissa Archer, “The S/spirit of Jezebel and the Spirit of Prophecy: A Pentecostal Reading of Revelation 2:18–29.” Pneuma 44 (2022): 159–82.Eileen Berrington & Päivi Honkatukia, “An Evil Monster and a Poor Thing: Female Violence in the Media.” Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention 3, no. 1 (2002): 50–72. Athalya Brenner, “Jezebel: Bible.” Jewish Women’s Archive. https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/jezebel-bible Bradley L. Crowell. “Good Girl, Bad Girl: Foreign Women of the Deuteronomistic History in Postcolonial Perspective.” Biblical Interpretation 21, no. 1 (2013): 1–11.Janet S. Everhart, “Jezebel: Framed by Eunuchs?” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 72 (2010): 688–98.Wilda C. Gafney, Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne. Westminster John Knox Press, 2017.Janet Howe Gaines, “How Bad Was Jezebel?” Biblical History Daily, 1 April 2023. https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/people-cultures-in-the-bible/people-in-the-bible/how-bad-was-jezebel/ Else Holt, “‘Urged On by His Wife Jezebel’: A Literary Reading of 1 Kgs 18 in Context,” JSOT 9 (1995) 83-96.Melissa Jackson, Comedy and Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible: A Subversive Collaboration. Oxford University Press, 2012.Helena Kennedy, Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women. Vintage, 2019.Leath, Jennifer S. ‘Revising Jezebel Politics: Towards a New Black Sexual Ethic’ in Black Intersectionalities: A Critique for the 21st Century, 195–210. Liverpool University Press, 2017. Mark McEntire, “Cozbi, Achan, and Jezebel: Executions in the Hebrew Bible and Modern Lynching.” Review and Expositor 118, no. 1 ( 2021): 21–31.Judith E. McKinley, “Negotiating the Frame for Viewing the Death of Jezebel.” Biblical Interpretation 10, no. 3 (2002): 305–23.Jonathan O’Donnell, “The Body Politic(s) of the Jezebel Spirit.” Religion & Gender 7, no. 2 (2017), 240–55. https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/rag/7/2/article-p240_7.xml David Pilgrim, “The Jezebel Stereotype.” Jim Crow Museum. https://jimcrowmuseum.ferris.edu/jezebel/index.htm Phyllis Trible, “Exegesis for Storytellers and Other Strangers.” Journal of Biblical Literature 114, no. 1 (1995): 3–19.Robyn J. Whitaker, “Invoking Jezebel, Invoking Terror: The Threat of Sexual Violence in the Apocalypse to John.” In Terror in the Bible: Rhetoric, Gender, and Violence, ed. Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon and Robyn J. Whitaker, 107–120. SBL, 2021.“Black Girl Gone” podcast https://blackgirlgonepodcast.com/ Support Services List of sexual assault support services (NZ) – https://sexualabuse.org.nz/resources/find-sexual-assault-support-near-you/ RAINN (USA) – https://www.rainn.org/ For US listeners, to find a sexual assault support provider in your area, call 800.656.HOPE (4673)Helping Survivors (USA) – https://helpingsurvivors.org/ Rape Crisis (UK) – https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ Rape Crisis Scotland –​​ https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ Full Stop (Australia) – https://fullstop.org.au/ Find a Helpline (lists helplines internationally) https://findahelpline.com/

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• Holy slaughter: Child sacrifice in the Bible

  Find us on Twitter @BloodyBiblePod, on Facebook @TheBloodyBiblePodcast, and on Instagram @bloodybiblepodcast. You can also email the podcast at [email protected] Bloody Bible podcast is produced by Caroline Blyth, Emily Colgan and Richard BonifantEpisodes are recorded and edited by Richard BonifantOur podcast music is ‘Stalker’ by Alexis Ortiz Sofield, courtesy of Pixabay music https://pixabay.com/music/search/stalker/ Our podcast art was created by Sarah Lea Westhttps://www.instagram.com/sarahleawest.art/?fbclid=IwAR0F4i-R7JpRePmm8PmGta_OkOCWa-kMjR3QGSSeOKi6SWNrCk3rA5VuIZk Resources for this episodeBBC, “Church of England failures ‘allowed child sexual abusers to hide.’” 6 October 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54433295 Omri Boehm, “Child Sacrifice, Ethical Responsibility and the Existence of the People of Israel.” Vetus Testamentum 54, no. 2 (2004), pp. 145–56.Bravehearts, “Child sexual abuse & religious organisations.” https://bravehearts.org.au/research-lobbying/stats-facts/child-sexual-abuse-religous-organisations/Aris Folley, “Jeffress suggests Democrats may worship pagan god Moloch, ‘who allowed for child sacrifice’.” The Hill, 2 October 2019. https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/464073-jeffress-suggests-democrats-worship-pagan-god-moloch-who/ Maxine Jacobs, “‘We failed in our sacred duty’: Methodist Church responds to Abuse in Care inquiry.” Stuff, 19 October 2022. https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300715313/we-failed-in-our-sacred-duty-methodist-church-responds-to-abuse-in-care-inquiry Simone Sunghae Kim, “Psychological Contours of Multicultural Feminist Hermeneutics: Han and Relationality.” Pastoral Psychology 55 (2007), pp. 723–30.Jon D. Levensen, The Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son. Yale University Press, 1995.Lauren A. S. Monroe, “Disembodied Women: Sacrificial Language and the Deaths of Bat-Jephthah, Cozbi, and the Bethlehemite Concubine.” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 75 (2013), pp. 32–52.Nathaniel J. Pallone, “Sin, Crime, Arrogance, Betrayal: A Psychodynamic Perspective on the Crisis in American Catholicism.” Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention 2, no. 4 (2002), pp. 341–72. Monika Pesthy-Simon, Isaac, Iphigeneia, and Ignatius: Martyrdom and Human Sacrifice. Central European University Press, 2017. Royal Commission of Inquiry (Aotearoa New Zealand), “Abuse in Care.” https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/our-progress/reports/ Emily St James, “The sexual abuse scandal rocking the Southern Baptist Convention, explained.” Vox, 7 June 2022. https://www.vox.com/culture/23131530/southern-baptist-convention-sexual-abuse-scandal-guidepost.Francesca Stavrakopoulou, King Manasseh and Child Sacrifice: Biblical Distortions of Historical Realities. Walter de Gruyter, 2004.Francesca Stavrakopoulou, “The Jerusalem Tophet: Ideological Dispute and Religious Transformation.” Studi Epigrafici e Linguistici 29-30 (2012-2013), pp. 137–58.Mark Townsend, “Home Office faces legal action over children missing from UK asylum hotels.” The Guardian, 11 June 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/11/home-office-faces-legal-action-over-children-missing-from-uk-asylum-hotels Mark Townsend, Sian Norris and Katharine Quarmby, “Children reaching UK in small boats sent to jail for adult sex offenders.” The Guardian, 27 August 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/27/children-reaching-uk-in-small-boats-sent-to-jail-for-adult-sex-offenders Support ServicesSafe to Talk (New Zealand) http://www.safetotalk.nz/ Youthline (NZ) https://www.youthline.co.nz/ List of sexual assault support services (NZ) – https://sexualabuse.org.nz/resources/find-sexual-assault-support-near-you/ 1800 Respect (Australia) https://www.1800respect.org.au/ Full Stop (Australia) – https://fullstop.org.au/ Stop It Now (UK) https://www.stopitnow.org.uk/helpline/ Rape Crisis (UK) – https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ Rape Crisis Scotland –​​ https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ Child Help (USA) https://www.childhelphotline.org/ Life in Mind (Australia) https://lifeinmind.org.au/organisations/kids-helpline Shine (NZ) - https://www.2shine.org.nz/ Family Violence - It’s Not Okay (NZ) - https://www.areyouok.org.nz/ National Domestic Violence Hotline (USA) - https://www.thehotline.org/ Women’s Aid (UK) - https://www.womensaid.org.uk/ RAINN (USA) – https://www.rainn.org/ Helping Survivors (USA) – https://helpingsurvivors.org/ Financial abuse resource https://www.annuity.org/financial-literacy/financial-abuse/

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• The Purity Battle

  Find us on Twitter @BloodyBiblePod, on Facebook @TheBloodyBiblePodcast, and on Instagram @bloodybiblepodcast. You can also email the podcast at [email protected] Bloody Bible podcast is produced by Caroline Blyth, Emily Colgan and Richard BonifantEpisodes are recorded and edited by Richard BonifantOur podcast music is ‘Stalker’ by Alexis Ortiz Sofield, courtesy of Pixabay music https://pixabay.com/music/search/stalker/ Our podcast art was created by Sarah Lea Westhttps://www.instagram.com/sarahleawest.art/?fbclid=IwAR0F4i-R7JpRePmm8PmGta_OkOCWa-kMjR3QGSSeOKi6SWNrCk3rA5VuIZk Resources for this episodeShannon Ethridge and Stephen Arterburn, Every Young Woman’s Battle: Guarding Your Heart, Mind, and Body in a Sex-Saturated World. WaterBrook Press, 2009.Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker, and Mike Yorkey. Every Young Man's Battle: Strategies for Victory in the Real World of Sexual Temptation. WaterBrook Press, 2009.Caroline Blyth, Rape Culture, Purity Culture, and Coercive Control in Teen Girl Bibles. Routledge, 2021.Priscilla Frank, “Why Men Masturbate In Front Of Women Without Their Consent.” HuffPost, 10 November 2017. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/masturbation-sexual-assault_n_5a04dcc4e4b05673aa584c89 Elizabeth Gish, “Are You a ‘Trashable Styrofoam Cup’?: Harm and Damage Rhetoric in the Contemporary American Sexual Purity Movement.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 34.2 (2018); 5–22.Kait Kelly and Josh Taylor, “Big W removes sex education book from shelves after staff members abused.” The Guardian 19 July 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/19/yumi-stynes-welcome-to-sex-education-book-big-w-removes-bans Linda Kay Klein, Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shaped a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free. Atria Books, 2018.K.R. Klement and B.J. Sagarin. “Nobody Wants to Date a Whore: Rape- Supportive Messages in Women-Directed Christian Dating Books.” Sexuality & Culture 21 (2017): 205-223. Sara Moslener, Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence. Oxford University Press, 2015.Sarah Moslener on Substack. https://afterpurity.substack.com/ Olivia Stanley,“A Personal Encounter with Purity Culture in an Evangelical Christian School.” Bible & Critical Theory 16.1 (2020): 187–206.Support Services List of sexual assault support services (NZ) – https://sexualabuse.org.nz/resources/find-sexual-assault-support-near-you/ RAINN (USA) – https://www.rainn.org/ For US listeners, to find a sexual assault support provider in your area, call 800.656.HOPE (4673)Helping Survivors (USA) – https://helpingsurvivors.org/ Rape Crisis (UK) – https://rapecrisis.org.uk/ Rape Crisis Scotland –​​ https://www.rapecrisisscotland.org.uk/ Full Stop (Australia) – https://fullstop.org.au/ Find a Helpline (lists helplines internationally) https://findahelpline.com/

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