All of the Women of the BibleA comprehensive history with more than 300 biographies of every woman in the Bible, both the named and nameless, the famous and infamous. All the Women of the Bible offers a rich biographical perspective on every female figure in scripture—including the famous, the little-known, and even the unnamed. In more that 300 engaging and insightful portraits, Edith Deen brings alive the saints and sorceresses, queens and servants, mothers and daughters, wives and widows whose profound influence is felt through-out the Bible. “You can almost trace light and darkness in the Bible by the women themselves,” she writes. “Hannah, praying mother of Samuel, gave birth to a son who became the first great Hebrew prophet. And, of course, there was the mother of Jesus. On the other hand, Jezebel and Herodias were vile influences, the first tearing apart the northern kingdom of Israel, the second causing John the Baptist to be beheaded.” Combining thorough detail with a lively and dramatic narrative, All of the Women of the Bible portrays the real women behind the Biblical stories and shows how, in their human struggles and triumphs, they are very much like the women of today. With each major biography identified by Bible chapter and verse and prefaced by a key passage of scripture, this is an ideal resources for teachers, Bible students, preachers, and writers, as well as anyone who wants to learn what it was really like to be a woman in Biblical times. |
Contents
Lots Wife The Woman Who Looked Back | |
Rachel and Leah Mothers of Twelve Tribes of Israel | |
WOMEN OF ISRAELS HEROIC | |
Zipporah Wife of Moses the Great Lawgiver | |
Rahab Woman of Faith Who Aided Joshuas Army | |
Widow of Zarephath See Thy Son Liveth | |
Esther For Such a Time as This | |
WOMEN IN CHRISTS TIME | |
Mary Mother of Jesus Blessed Among Women | |
Three Sick Women And Jesus Healed All of Them | |
SyroPhoenician Woman O Woman Great Is Thy Faith | |
WOMEN IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CHURCH | |
Sapphira Money Became Her | |
Deborah Is Not the Lord Gone Out Before Thee? | |
Jephthahs Daughter Example of Noble Submission | |
Hannah The Prayerful Mother | |
WOMEN IN THE DAYS OF THE KINGS | |
Abigail A Woman of Good Understanding | |
Woman of Endor A Cave Woman Who Told Fortunes | |
The Queen of Sheba She Came to Prove | |
Dorcas Also Called A Woman Full of Good Works | |
Priscilla Also Called Prisca A Leader in the New Testament Church | |
ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF NAMED WOMEN | |
CHRONOLOGICAL LISTINGS OF NAMELESS WOMEN | |
Bibliography | |
Searchable Terms | |
About the Author | |
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