Daughters of Eve

Women play an immensely important role in the Bible: from Eve to the Virgin Mary, Sarah to Mary Magdalene, Naomi to the anonymous woman suffering severe menstrual bleeding who was healed by Jesus. They are a sisterhood of faith.

ContentsPreface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .06Chapter 1 Eve: "Fall-girl"? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08Chapter 2 Sarah: Mother of Nations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Chapter 3 Rebekah: Controversial Mother. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40Chapter 4 Tamar: Table-turner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53Chapter 5 Rahab: A Conspiracy of Prostitutes and Spies. . . . . . . . .66Chapter 6 Deborah: Prophet, Judge, and a Sisterhood of Liberation. . 79Chapter 7 Naomi and Ruth: Sisterhood in Adversity . . . . . . . . . . .91Chapter 8 Hannah: The Woman Who Gave Away Her Son. . . . . .103Chapter 9 Esther: The Right Woman, in the Right Place, at the Right Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118Chapter 10 Mary: Revolutionary Mother of Christ. . . . . . . . . . . . .132Chapter 11 The Woman at the Well: Breaking Conventions. . . . . .148Chapter 12 The Woman with the Issue of Blood: From "Woman's . . . .Problem" to Public Miracle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161Chapter 13 Martha and Mary: Conflicting Models of Service? . . . .173Chapter 14 Mary Magdalene: A Much Misrepresented Woman. . . .186Chapter 15 "Nympha and the Church in Her House...". . . . . . . . .208Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221About the Authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224