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Lisa M. Wolfe
Lisa M. Wolfe teaches Hebrew Bible at Oklahoma City University and is author of Qoheleth (Ecclesiastes) in the Wisdom Commentary Series.
The Samaritan woman vs. our assumptions (John 4:5-42)
She doesn’t even have a name. Surely she is a questionable character if she has no name.
March 10, 2023
March 12, Lent 3A (Exodus 17:1-7; Psalm 95; John 4:5-42)
Water dominated the imaginations of our ancestors in faith, whose stories often called for either a canteen or galoshes.
March 6, 2023
Abram without Sarai (Genesis 12:1–4a; John 3:1–17)
What we know about Sarai is what she lacks. This week’s reading lacks her.
March 3, 2023
March 5, Lent 2A (John 3:1-17)
Triumphalist uses of John 3:16 contradict the verse's historical context.
February 27, 2023
Ecclesiastes as a one-man show
In Meaningless, Rodney Brazil brings Qoheleth to life.
January 25, 2023
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