The cultural norms of the Middle East can inform our understanding of Jesus’s interactions with the women he met and the women he depicted in parables. This meetup from CBE’s Greater Boston Chapter will begin to look at Kenneth E. Bailey’s Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes (IVP Academic, 2008).

We’ll begin by focusing on Chapter 14, Bailey’s introduction to this topic. We will look at the status of women in first-century Palestine, how Jesus included women in his band of disciples, and how he deliberately shaped his message to include them.