All of the Women of the Bible
by Edith Deen
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All the women of the Bible offers a rich biographical perspective on evey 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 show more 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. show lessTags
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This is a book that was originally written in 1955, so the slant on things was different from the thinking, by some, of today. I did find it interesting that the author found so many women in the book. The Bible to my thinking is definitely slanted toward the male of the species, so the number of women actually there, though many are mentioned in few words and some not even by name, was surprising.
This is definitely a book to be read in sections or spurts, but I was glad I had finally gotten to it.
This is definitely a book to be read in sections or spurts, but I was glad I had finally gotten to it.
The author includes sketches of literally all of the women of the Bible. The first section includes prominent women such as Eve, Rebekah, and Mary Magdalene; the second includes all other named women, and the third and last section includes all of the unnamed women such the “wise-hearted women”. The author wrote with one purpose “to try to understand and interpret their spiritual experiences, their faith and their relationship with God.”
Bibliography: p. 381-385.
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- People/Characters
- Mary Magdalene
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- Genres
- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 220.92 — Religion The Bible The Bible Geography, history, chronology, persons of Bible lands in Bible times Collected biography
- LCC
- BS575 .D4 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion The Bible The Bible Works about the Bible Men, women, and children of the Bible
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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