Liana Finck: Judaism Unbound Episode 350 - God as a Woman
Liana Finck, a cartoonist and author whose most recent book is entitled Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation, joins Dan and Lex for a conversation about this work -- a graphic novel that reimagines the story of Genesis, with God as a woman.
Photo Credit: M Cooper
[1] Order Let There Be Light: The Real Story of Her Creation by clicking here! Learn more about Liana Finck, and her previous work, by heading to LianaFinck.com.
[2] Finck references two books that have been influential for her, in different ways. One is Robert Alter’s translation of the Bible, in audiobook form, which you can order here. The other is Seven Gothic Tales, by Isak Dinesen (pen name of Karen Blixen), which you can order via this link.
[3] A few previous episodes of Judaism Unbound are worth listening to, in conversation with this one! First, there’s a recent episode featuring Alicia Jo Rabins, which directly mentions Let There Be Light — which you can listen to via Episode 343: God’s Bad Parenting Days - Alicia Jo Rabins.
[4] Additionally, we encourage folks to check out Episode 245: Her Torah - Yael Kanarek, which dives into Kanarek’s regendered Torah (Toratah), and Episode 29: Lab/Shul - Amichai Lau-Lavie, which Lex references in this episode during Finck’s exploration of idolatry and the golden calf.
[5] For a deeper dive into the book of Jubilees, which comes up briefly as another version of a rewritten Genesis (just a couple thousand years old!), see Episode 218: A Book that Didn’t Make it - Barbara Thiede.
[6] For the Biblical tale of the golden calf, including the part Dan references where Aaron says “I just put some gold in and out came this calf,” see Exodus chapter 32. For the specific verse Dan alludes to, see Exodus 32:24.
