We Who Thirst by Jessica LM Jenkins

About We Who Thirst by Jessica LM Jenkins

Rediscovering women of the Bible at the intersection of trauma, ancient historical context, and Biblical languages with Jessica LM Jenkins of We Who Thirst. ................................................ For a complete bibliography for each episode visit: https://rb.gy/xx0no6 If you'd like to support research into women of the Bible in their historical context, join my Patreon: www.patreon.com/wewhothirst

Publisher

Jessica LM Jenkins | We Who Thirst

Category

education · history · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Jul 2024

Latest episode

20 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Oct 2026

   043 The Forgotten Nativity with Julie Remington

   Send us Fan Mail Your mental picture of the Nativity might be built on a few tiny assumptions that snowballed into a whole Christmas “scene” we all take for granted. Jessica sits down with author Julie Remington to pull those assumptions apart gently and rebuild the story using what Luke and Matthew actually say, what Bible translation choices imply, and what archaeology suggests about daily life in first-century Judea. Julie shares why she wrote The Forgotten Nativity, a historically ...

2. 

   6 Oct 2026

   042 What if menstruation laws actually give women dignity?

   Send us Fan Mail Some Bible passages don’t just confuse us, they sting. When Leviticus talks about menstruation and childbirth, a lot of women quietly wonder: Why would God call my normal body “unclean”? Why would worship feel off-limits because of bleeding, recovery, or postpartum realities? We name that discomfort out loud, then slow down and read Leviticus 12 and Leviticus 15 the way the original audience would have heard them. We start with the big picture of Leviticus: Israel has just c...

3. 

   15 Sept 2026

   041 Matriarchal Authority: Old Testament Women Had More Power Than You Think

   Send us Fan Mail If your mental picture of Old Testament women is “invisible and powerless,” it may be built more from modern debates than from the ancient world the Bible actually describes. I grew up with a complementarian framework that treated authority as a gender-based umbrella, but digging into ancient Israelite households forced me to rethink almost everything I assumed about women of the Bible. We walk through why the ancient Near East is not one flat culture, comparing Egypt, Mesop...

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4.8 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

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