Podcast: Gender in the New Testament

Sep 16, 2025
Amy Peeler
Amy Peeler explores Mary’s role and God’s inclusion of women in Christianity, reflecting on Jesus’ maleness, God’s fatherhood, and Paul’s views in 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 11. Her thoughtful, encouraging approach sheds light on often-overlooked aspects of faith.
Amy Peeler

Amy Peeler

Kenneth T. Wessner Chair of Biblical Studies and Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College

Amy Peeler is the Kenneth T. Wessner Chair of Biblical Studies and Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College; she also serves as Assisting Priest at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Geneva, Illinois. She recently authored Hebrews: Commentary for Christian Formation (Eerdmans, 2024) and Women and the Gender of God (Eerdmans, 2022) and served as editor of The New Testament in Color: A Multiethnic Bible Commentary (IVP, 2024). She is currently writing a book on Paul’s appeal to the mode of the incarnation in his passages on gendered practices in the church.

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