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In Progress
- "Covenant in the Story of Jacob and Esau"(forthcoming article)
- Contributing chapters in "Seeing Women in the New Testament" (forthcoming book)
Book and Journal Articles
Seeing Women in the Old Testament: What Scriptural Heroines Teach Us About Courage, Faith, and Action
Amy contributed three chapters to this collaborative work: "Rahab: Gathered into the Family of God" (Chapter 9), "Bathsheba: Deserving of Grace" (Chapter 12), and "The Shunamite Woman: A model of giving and receiving service" (Chapter 15).
"Rahab and the Perpetuation of Deliverance"
- Read the original article
- God's Word in Our Hearts at Deseret Book
Originally published as an article in Religious Educator, this work was subsequently selected for book publication as a chapter in God's Word in Our Hearts, published by the BYU Religious Studies Center and Deseret Book.
Deliverance is clearly the major theme of the memorable Exodus story, but the Exodus is not the only Old Testament account that teaches profound lessons about God's redemption. The story of Rahab—the woman of Jericho—is situated in relation to the Exodus through shared images and narrative elements to highlight additional insights about God's power to save. Specifically, the Rahab story shows that God continues in the temporal, collective delivery of his covenant people even after Egypt. God is also interested in both the temporal and spiritual deliverance of individuals, as shown in the life of Rahab herself. Finally, the story of Rahab has poignant implications for the way that God saves us all spiritually, gathering all those who are willing into his own covenant family.
BYU Religious Education Student Symposium 2010
Chapter: "The Divine Kinsman: Yahweh and the Tribal Mechanism" (pp. 141-51)
Amy's earliest work. An exploration of the Old Testament theme of God as head of the extended family, or tribe, and how that relates to the biblical perception of redemption.
Other Articles
"Building Empathy for Those Experiencing Infertility and Child Loss"
'Why aren't stories like these told more frequently?' Amy Fisher explores faith and the importance of empathy in cases of infertility and child loss