Barbara Thiede is Teaching Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. An ordained rabbi, she is also a member of the VAAD, the academic council for the ALEPH Ordination Program, where she teaches Hebrew Bible and Jewish history.

• 1 Genesis 38: "Lest We Become a Laughingstock" 2 David, Jonathan, and Saul: Being Good at Being a Man 3: 2 Samuel 13: Rape in the Royal House 4 Genesis 12, 20, and 26: Bromance in Bible 5 Judges 19–21: The Warrior God and His Levite Soldier 6 Judges 4 and 5: Always Mothers, Never Friends

Barbara Thiede is Teaching Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. An ordained rabbi, she is also a member of the VAAD, the academic council for the ALEPH Ordination Program, where she teaches Hebrew Bible and Jewish history.

• 1 Genesis 38: "Lest We Become a Laughingstock" 2 David, Jonathan, and Saul: Being Good at Being a Man 3: 2 Samuel 13: Rape in the Royal House 4 Genesis 12, 20, and 26: Bromance in Bible 5 Judges 19–21: The Warrior God and His Levite Soldier 6 Judges 4 and 5: Always Mothers, Never Friends

Barbara Thiede is Teaching Professor of Judaic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA. An ordained rabbi, she is also a member of the VAAD, the academic council for the ALEPH Ordination Program, where she teaches Hebrew Bible and Jewish history.

• 1 Genesis 38: "Lest We Become a Laughingstock" 2 David, Jonathan, and Saul: Being Good at Being a Man 3: 2 Samuel 13: Rape in the Royal House 4 Genesis 12, 20, and 26: Bromance in Bible 5 Judges 19–21: The Warrior God and His Levite Soldier 6 Judges 4 and 5: Always Mothers, Never Friends