Download or read book Women in Scripture written by Carol Meyers and published by HMH. This book was released on 2000-03-30 with total page 1017 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This splendid reference describes every woman in Jewish and Christian scripture . . . monumental” (Library Journal). In recent decades, many biblical scholars have studied the holy text with a new focus on gender. Women in Scripture is a groundbreaking work that provides Jews, Christians, or anyone fascinated by a body of literature that has exerted a singular influence on Western civilization a thorough look at every woman and group of women mentioned in the Bible, whether named or unnamed, well known or heretofore not known at all. They are remarkably varied—from prophets to prostitutes, military heroines to musicians, deacons to dancers, widows to wet nurses, rulers to slaves. There are familiar faces, such as Eve, Judith, and Mary, seen anew with the full benefit of the most up-to-date results of biblical scholarship. But the most innovative aspect of this book is the section devoted to the many females who in the scriptures do not even have names. Combining rigorous research with engaging prose, these articles on women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament will inform, delight, and challenge readers interested in the Bible, scholars and laypeople alike. Together, these collected histories create a volume that takes the study of women in the Bible to a new level.
Download or read book Women in Scripture written by Carol L. Meyers and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available for the first time in paperback, Women in Scripture is a landmark one-volume reference work exploring all the women mentioned in the Bible, named and unnamed, well known and heretofore not known at all. The book comprises more than 800 articles, written by the finest scholars in the field, that examine the numerous women who have often been obscured by the androcentric nature of the biblical record and by centuries of translation and interpretation that have paid little or no attention to them. The women of scripture are remarkably varied? from prophets to prostitutes, military heroines to musicians, deacons to dancers, widows to wet nurses, rulers to slaves. Here are familiar faces, such as Eve, Judith, and Mary, seen anew with the full benefit of the most up-to-date biblical scholarship. But the most innovative aspect of the book is the section devoted to the many women who in the scriptures do not even have names. In both scope and accessibility, Women in Scripture is an exceptional work. Combining rigorous scholarship with engaging prose, these articles on women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical books, and the New Testament will inform, delight, and challenge all readers interested in the Bible.
Download or read book Unnamed Women written by Anita Blough Smith and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buried deep in each of our hearts are hidden places scarred places, with unseen wounds. We try to cover them with busyness, or cast them aside as unimportant to silence their pain. But no matter what we do, they are still there. We find brief accounts of similar suffering in the lives of several unnamed women in the New Testament Gospels. In their desperate longing for healing and love and truth, they met Jesus. Biblical glimpses of these women have now been enlarged into stories that bring these women to life. Their circumstances were different, but their need was the same. Whether you are just beginning your walk with Jesus Christ or have been on the road with Him for a long time, take a look at these women in the Gospels in a new and fresh way. What if their stories happened like this? The wide range of their circumstances invites each of us to identify with them in some way. Each woman has a message for us today. Come and listen to what they have to say, and meet the One they found is the answer.
Download or read book Remember Lot s Wife written by April Yamasaki and published by faithQuest. This book was released on 1991 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book She Shall Be Called Woman written by Marie Holt and published by Axiom Press Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-04 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many women of the Bible have not been mentioned by name. Noah's wife was alluded to only as his spouse, but her role had to have been an important one. Noah must have desperately needed her by his side as together they forged into the unknown. Other women in the Bible were not mentioned at all although they must have been there. For example, the innkeeper's wife surely played a large role on that night in Bethlehem when Jesus was born. Marie Holt uses her vivid imagination to reach into the minds of some of these unnamed and unmentioned women. Their stories of fear, injustice, tragedy, courage, grace, and God's intervening love grip our imaginations and teach us timely principles. Also includes the stories of: - The Persistent Widow--Dealing With Injustice - Jephthah's Daughter--Facing Tomorrow - The Israelite Midwife--Making a Difference - Pilate's Wife--Sharing Your Convictions - The Samaritan Woman--Accepting the Gift of Grace - The Bahurim Woman--Telling the Truth - The Widow Of Zarephath--Holding on to Your Trust - David's Mother--Letting a Loved One Go As we look into the persona of these women, we see how each of them had an experience that women of today can use to heal, grow, and move forward.
Download or read book Unnamed Women of the Bible written by J. Discavage and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unnamed Women of the Bible is a four-week Bible study that takes an in-depth look at how women can move from feeling insignificant to understanding their worth in Christ. By learning from the stories of unnamed women in the Bible, readers discover that God has called each of us "Daughter." Interactive daily entries help to apply the biblical lessons to life today. Small group discussion questions are included.
Download or read book No Ordinary People written by David McLaughlan and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We can learn so much from the successes and failures, lives, humility, and obedience of unnamed Biblical people—and readers will find great insights in No Ordinary People: The Unknown Men and Women of the Bible Devotional. This brand-new book features 100 in-depth, easy-to-read entries on the people behind the scenes, the everyday men and women, not the kings, queens, miracle workers, or leaders. These people, from the Good Samaritan to Pilate’s wife, played a powerful role in God’s plan for humanity and their stories were recorded for our benefit today. No Ordinary People can share important, even life-changing, principles for readers’ quiet time.
Download or read book Unnamed Women written by Anita Blough Smith and published by WestBowPress. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Buried deep in each of our hearts are hidden placesscarred places, with unseen wounds. We try to cover them with busyness, or cast them aside as unimportant to silence their pain. But no matter what we do, they are still there. We find brief accounts of similar suffering in the lives of several unnamed women in the New Testament Gospels. In their desperate longing for healing and love and truth, they met Jesus. Biblical glimpses of these women have now been enlarged into stories that bring these women to life. Their circumstances were different, but their need was the same. Whether you are just beginning your walk with Jesus Christ or have been on the road with Him for a long time, take a look at these women in the Gospels in a new and fresh way. What if their stories happened like this? The wide range of their circumstances invites each of us to identify with them in some way. Each woman has a message for us today. Come and listen to what they have to say, and meet the One they found is the answer.
Download or read book The Book of the Unnamed Midwife written by Meg Elison and published by 47north. This book was released on 2016-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the wake of a fever that decimated the earth's population--killing women and children and making childbirth deadly for the mother and infant--the midwife must pick her way through the bones of the world she once knew to find her place in this dangerous new one. Gone are the pillars of civilization. All that remains is power--and the strong who possess it. A few women like her survived, though they are scarce. Even fewer are safe from the clans of men, who, driven by fear, seek to control those remaining"--Back cover.
Download or read book Discovering Eve written by Carol Meyers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-01-10 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking study looks beyond biblical texts, which have had a powerful influence over our views of women's roles and worth, in order to reconstruct the typical everyday lives of women in ancient Israel. Meyers argues that biblical sources alone do not give a true picture of ancient Israelite women because urban elite males wrote the vast majority of the scriptural texts and the stories of women in the Bible concern exceptional individuals rather than ordinary Israelite women. Analyzing the biblical material in light of recent archaeological discoveries about rural village life in ancient Palestine, Meyers depicts Israelite women not as submissive chattel in an oppressive patriarchy, but rather as strong and significant actors within their families and society.
Download or read book Ye Shall Bear Record of Me written by and published by Bookcraft, Incorporated. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women in the Hebrew Bible written by Alice Bach and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in the Hebrew Bible presents the first one-volume overview covering the interpretation of women's place in man's world within the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. Written by the major scholars in the field of biblical studies and literary theory, these essays examine attitudes toward women and their status in ancient Near Eastern societies, focusing on the Israelite society portrayed by the Hebrew Bible.
Download or read book Texts of Terror written by Phyllis Trible and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Phyllis Trible examines four Old Testament narratives of suffering in ancient Israel: Hagar, Tamar, an unnamed concubine and the daughter of Jephthah. These stories are for Trible the "substance of life", which may imspire new beginnings and by interpreting these stories of outrage and suffering on behalf of their female victims, the author recalls a past that is all to embodied in the present, and prays that these terrors shall not come to pass again. "Texts of Terror" is perhaps Trible's most readable book, that brings biblical scholarship within the grasp of the non-specialist. These "sad stories" about women in the Old Testament prompt much refelction on contemporary misuse of the Bible, and therefore have considerable relevance today.
Download or read book Unnamed Desires written by Rebecca Jennings and published by Monash University Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in-depth study of female same-sex desire in twentieth century Australia, Unnamed Desires explores the compelling stories of ordinary women who struggled to build lives and express their love for other women in a hostile society. Focusing on Sydney and country New South Wales in the mid-twentieth century (1930–1978), it traces the development of lesbian culture, identities and material spaces from the interwar period to the first Mardi Gras. This book offers fascinating new insights into the social and cultural history of mid-twentieth century NSW. ‘Elegantly written, Unnamed Desires … tells stories of sadness and persecution, but also accounts of bravery, ingenuity and fun … It is a very welcome and important addition to the scholarship on sexuality in Australian history.’ — Jill Julius Matthews
Download or read book I Am written by Athalya Brenner and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athalya Brenner presents fictionalized "autobiographies" of a dozen women and women groups in the Hebrew Bible, and also lets them share a conversation session. This allows her to include how these women have been interpreted - not only in the Bible itself, but also in Jewish and Christian traditions and by modern commentators. The result is a thoroughly engaging and insightful look at women, from a leading biblical interpreter who has a very creative edge to all her work.
Download or read book Running from Bondage written by Karen Cook Bell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling examination of the ways enslaved women fought for their freedom during and after the Revolutionary War.
Download or read book Revelation written by and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
