Welcome to Curiously, Caitlin, a podcast where we try to make theology make sense.

I'm Caitlin Chess, and every week on this show, you will hear a kid's question about God, theology, or the Bible,

and then I'll talk with a scholar who will try to answer it.

I don't know.

That doesn't make any sense.

What?

Curiously.

Yeah.

Today we're talking to Dr. Amy Peeler.

She is the Kenneth T. Wessner Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, an ordained priest, and the author of many books,

including Women and the Gender of God. She is also a Holy Post pundit. Thank you, Dr. Peeler,

for being with me today and hearing this kid question together. Why does Paul say that men are made

in the image of God and women are made in the image of men when men and women

are both made in the image of God, not just men. I love that. She's a little biblical theologian.

That's such a good question. What is your initial response, Dr. Peeler, to this question?

I love this question because it is actually very common.

It's clear that she is referring to 1st Corinthians 11 verse 7 because Paul is using this

language of man and woman and image and glory.

But like many of us, she's actually not remembering the verse perfectly.

So she's actually introducing a problem that isn't present in the New Testament text.

And this is so easy for us to do to kind of maybe bring what we think is going on or to read kind of quickly.

And actually, it's not as egregious as her question

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