#feminine god
Studies Regarding God as Mother throughout Christian History
The Holy Spirit as feminine: Early Christian testimonies and their interpretation
The Holy Spirit as Feminine in Early Syriac Literature
The Mother-Spirit in the Syrian Tradition: Aphrahat and Ephrem
Feminine Imagery for the Divine: The Holy Spirit, The Odes of Solomon, and Early Syriac Tradition
The Female Pronoun for God in Numbers 11:15 by Nicholas Ansell
The God with Breasts: El Shaddai in the Bible by David Biale
Feminine-Maternal Images of the Spirit in Early Syriac Tradition by Emmanuel Kaniyamparampil of Carmelaram Theology College
The Mother of God’s People: The Adoration of the Holy Spirit in the Eighteenth-Century Brudergemeine by Craig Atwood
Male and Female in Cappadocian Theology (The Journal of Theological Studies)
‘My Mother, My God,’ ‘Why have you forsaken me?’: An Exegetical Note on Psalm 22 as Christian Scripture by Jonathan D. Parker
Shadday as a Goddess Epithet by Harriet Lutzky
Added an article about a female pronoun being used for God in the Hebrew of Numbers 11 (see article #5 - it can be found online with a Google search)! While masculine is the default in Hebrew for people of ambiguous/irrelevant gender (per Rabbi David Stein), the use of a Hebrew female pronoun in that verse made sense in context as Moses was essentially calling God the Mother of Israel. And the female pronoun was recognized and discussed by Jewish rabbis like Rashi throughout history, so it’s not like this went unnoticed until now.
I’m very grateful to The Forward for alerting me to this beautiful tidbit of information.
