Lunchtime Learning - Miriam: Poet and Prophet

Speaker: Dr Rachel Starr

Miriam is mentioned by name in more books of the Bible than any other woman. (Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, 1 Chronicles and Micah.) In at least some traditions, she seems to have been rather more important than the texts we now have describe after all Micah goes so far as to say “I brought you up from the land of Egypt … I sent before you Moses, Aaron and Miriam.” She is remembered as both the poet and prophet who proclaims the great song of the Exodus, and the woman who is punished for criticising her brother Moses.

In this session we will explore a character who deserves more attention than Christians usually give her, and what we can learn from her story.

Rachel Starr teaches biblical studies and contextual theologies at Queen’s, Birmingham. Publications include with Robert Beckford, Behold the Men. An introduction to critical theologies of masculinities (2025); and with David Holgate, SCM Studyguide: Biblical Hermeneutics 2nd edition (2019).

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