Joseph A. Marchal is a Professor of religious studies and women’s and gender studies at Ball State University. They are the author, editor, or co-editor of more than ten books, including Appalling Bodies: Queer Figures Before and After Paul’s Letters (Oxford University Press, 2019); and are currently serving as chair of the Society of Biblical Literature’s first-ever committee for LGBTIQ+ scholars and scholarship and founding co-editor of QTR: A Journal of Trans and Queer Studies in Religion. Their email...