Episode 6: Acts 16, An enslaved girl named Rhoda?
Episode Description
Guest co-host, Dr. Mitzi Smith and I, interview Dr. Margaret Aymer to discuss her article in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible, “Outrageous, Audacious, Courageous, Willful: Reading the Enslaved Girl of Acts 12.” Dr. Aymer discusses the intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, immigration and slavery in the ancient world. Dr. Aymer explains what it means to "read darkness" and how "darkness readers" interpret a story live the enslaved girl, Rhoda.