Remembering the bible: art, humour and gender

When using Remembering the bible some folks accuse me of making the bible up. I'm not sure how these folks think we got a bible in the first place. How do they imagine memory works for 30-40 years after an event (about the time the gospels were written down after Jesus death), even with good oral story telling and oral memory strategies in an oral culture? Just what do they imagine we are referring to when we read, in the written down gospels 'Jesus said...'?

Well here's someone with a good eye for making up the bible: humous feminist Karen Whitehall. She makes collages from the gospel sotries using classical European paintings and photographs of actresses from the 1930-50's. This one is Palm Sunday. See her gallery at:


http://klwcollages.com/index.html


I was looking for Caravaggio's two paintings of 'the not last supper' (or the emmaus Road as some call it) to go with a reflection I am doing tonight and came across these. As a novice blogger it never ceases to amaze me what's out there! She does a good all female last supper with Great Garbo in the central place. It reminded me of an RB session a few years ago doing the Last Supper with an all female group of rememberers. Very moving stuff. Try it sometime yourselves if you can to explore something of what gender says about remembering the bible.