Eunuchs

The Bible is full of gender non conforming people: the eunuchs! Join Leo and me to learn more about who the eunuchs were and what we can learn from how they are presented in the Bible.

Want to learn more about it? Here are the sources I used as I researched this episode:

Everhart, Janet S. The Hidden Eunuchs of the Hebrew Bible: Uncovering an Alternate Gender. 2003. The Iliff School of Theology and University of Denver, PhD dissertation. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, https://www.proquest.com/docview/305232754?pq-origsite=gscholar&fromopenview=true&sourcetype=Dissertations%20&%20Theses.

Hester, J. David. "Eunuchs and the Postgender Jesus: Matthew 19.12 and Transgressive Sexualities." Journal for the Study of the New Testament, vol. 28, no. 1, Sept. 2005, pp. 13-40. SAGE Journals, https://doi.org/10.1177/0142064X05057772.

Wilson, Nancy. Our Tribe: Queer Folks, God, Jesus, and the Bible. HarperSanFrancisco, 1995, pp. 120-134

Where in the Bible are we looking?

Matthew 19:1-12

Acts 8:26-40

NSRVUE Translation (guests may use other translations)