How did the ancient Israelites glean their understanding of the divine? How was the God of the Hebrew Bible characterized? Theologians and scholars have long interpreted the God of the Hebrew Bible as multifaceted and complex. These complexities are not mere inventions of scholars, but have their roots in the text themselves. In some instances, the...

When we pray, do we envision God with exclusively male motifs and characteristics, or is there room in our prayer and spiritual practice for the divine feminine, for the God who blesses breasts and womb?

Depictions of female figures as representations of the divine were commonplace in the ancient Levant, the region of the Bible’s origins. Statues,...