In this episode Carol Newsom, Professor of Old Testament at Emory University and former President of the Society of Biblical Literature discusses feminist interpretation and biblical wisdom, with a focus on Proverbs 8. 
The episode builds on Newsom's classic 1989 article "Women and the Discourse of Patriarchal Wisdom: A Study of Proverbs 1–9,”  in Day (ed.), Gender and Difference in Ancient Israel. Fortress, 1989.

Ep# 3: Cheryl Anderson Interview on Womanist Interpretation, Song of Songs and HIV/AIDS

Interviews by David Carr (www.davidmcarr.com) with leading scholars advancing new methods for engaging the Bible academically. This podcast originated as interviews to accompany an Introduction to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at Union Theological Seminary (using D.Carr, The Hebrew Bible: A Contemporary Introduction to the Christian Old Testament and Jewish Tanakh [Wiley Blackwell, 2021]). The interviews offer background and build on articles that illustrate diverse new ways to read and interpret the Hebrew Bible.
Background music performed by David Carr, Robin Smith and Peter Ronick, including ”JB Shuffle” (Jeremy Baum), ”Cissy Strut” (The Meters).