Themes

RUTH

In seven engaging sessions Rev. Dr. Lisa Wolfe takes you on an enlightening journey through the Book of Ruth. This is a lively and thoughtful examination. Dr. Wolfe considers the vulnerability of widows and the difficult situation of foreigners in biblical times. She explores themes of loyalty, bitterness, courage, poverty and seduction. What really happened on the threshing room floor? Combining humor and careful scholarship, this study invites you to re-read the book with new insight and understanding for all its characters, especially the intelligent, confident – even uppity – heroine Ruth.

Session Title	DVD Run Time
Bittersweet	10:51 minutes
In Case of Emergency	13:20 minutes
The Go’el?	11:48 minutes
A King’s Ancestry	08:31 minutes
Understanding Ruth	11:41 minutes
An Uppity Woman?	14:15 minutes
Grace and Hospitality	06:24 minutes

SONG OF SONGS

Explore the mysterious, beautiful, and alluring Song of Songs, at times referred to as Song of Solomon, in this six-session study led by Rev. Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe. As she navigates this intricate and sometimes puzzling book, Dr. Wolfe combines deep scholarship with a charming enthusiasm for the text. She poses some of the central questions surrounding Song of Songs. Who wrote it? What sort of people are the main characters? Is it based in history, mythology … or both? As you enter into the world of the lovers Ra‘yati and Dodi, you will have plenty of opportunities to laugh and even blush, right along with Dr. Wolfe. Uppity Women of the Bible: Song of Songs invites you into the adventure of re-reading and re-imagining this powerful and intriguing work of poetry and literature.

Session Title	DVD Run Time
Her and Him	11:20 minutes
What about Solomon?	08:02 minutes
A Misunderstood Book	13:22 minutes
Don’t Hurry Love	11:48 minutes
Your Eyes are Doves	10:56 minutes
What’s it All About?	08:30 minutes

ESTHER

Enter into an exotic and fanciful Persian kingdom complete with a dim-witted king, a defiant queen, an egotistical lieutenant and a loyal uncle. With lavish banquets, extreme beauty treatments and dangerous liaisons at every turn, can the beautiful and courageous Esther avert disaster for her people? All this occurs in a Biblical book where God is never mentioned. Rev. Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe digs deeply and lovingly into this complex story that ranges from slapstick farce to Shakespearian tragedy. Uppity Women of the Bible: Esther is presented in six sessions. So grab your Purim gragger and your hamantaschen – if you don’t know what those are, you’ll find out in session two – and join Dr. Wolfe for this fascinating study of power, corruption, violence and courage.

Session Title	DVD Run Time
Who’s Who	04:59 minutes
Setting the Stage	13:27 minutes
The Defiant Queen	05:25 minutes
From Coronation to Doomsday	12:36 minutes
The King’s Scepter	05:08 minutes
Uppity Esther?	10:16 minutes

JUDITH

This fascinating volume examines the story of an Uppity Woman who took things into her own hands – including the head of a brutal warrior chief. Rev. Dr. Lisa M. Wolfe takes you on a tour of the Book of Judith, posing provocative questions along the way. Judith, from the Koine Greek version of the Hebrew Old Testament, reads like a historical novel rife with warfare, lust, espionage and intrigue. This six-session volume takes you from a mythological battlefield and a besieged city into the studio and psyche of the Baroque painter Artemesia Gentileschi. Dr. Wolfe’s style is a refreshing balance of careful scholarship and a genuine love for the story of this amazing woman.

Session Title	DVD Run Time
The Real King Antiochus	08:33 minutes
Besieged	11:17 minutes
Judith’s Plan	08:49 minutes
An Unlikely Hero	07:57 minutes
Piety and Violence	12:21 minutes
The Art of Artemisia	05:49 minutes