"Exploring the Characterizations and Lives of New Testament Women" with Dr. Jennifer Pietz

"Exploring the Characterizations and Lives of New Testament Women"

With Dr. Jennifer Pietz, Assistant Professor of New Testament, Luther Seminary.

What to Expect

In this Sunday Forum session, Dr. Pietz will explore characterizations of some women in the New Testament in relation to popular interpretations of them. She will also addresses how attention to the realities of women’s lives in the first century facilitates a better understanding of these women’s important roles in the New Testament and early Christianity.

More about Dr. Jennifer Pietz

Dr. Jennifer Pietz is Assistant Professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary. She began teaching at Luther in 2020 as a Louisville Institute Postdoctoral Fellow. Prior to this, Pietz taught in Augsburg University’s Religion Department and Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. After earning a B.A. from Coe College (summa cum laude), Pietz began pursuing a call to ministry that includes years of service with ministries in Mexico and in Spanish-speaking congregations in the Twin Cities. Before earning her M.Div. from Luther Seminary and Ph.D. from Emory University, Pietz also earned an A.A.S degree in Photography and Digital Imaging from Minneapolis Community and Technical College to support her use of photography and art in various aspects of ministry.

Pietz’s first book is Mary Magdalene, La Malinche, and the Ethics of Interpretation (Bloomsbury/Fortress Academic, 2022). It reflects her research and teaching interests in hermeneutics, women in the Bible and world, history of biblical interpretation, and the intersections of the Bible and cultures. She has also written articles for Word & World, Currents in Theology and Mission, and Encyclopedia of the Bible and Its Reception and is a regular contributor to Luther’s Working Preacher resources.

About Sunday Forum

During the months of September – April, people of all ages are invited to hear professors, teachers, and members of our congregation present topics connected to our faith. 

These speakers inspire us in our faith to seek a better understanding of God in today’s ever-changing world. There is time set aside for questions at the end of the presentation.