Daughters of Eve Women of the Bible Speak to Women of Today, Virginia Stem Owens. (Paperback 0891098240)

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Daughters of Eve Women of the Bible Speak to Women of Today
Author: Virginia Stem Owens

HAVE WOMEN CHANGED THAT MUCH SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME? Is there something about being a woman that transcends time and cultural differences? Are we, even after centuries of change, still "sisters under the skin" with women of radically different cultures who lived so long ago? Daughters of Eve invites you to examine some of the fascinatin... more »g stories of biblical women. Some of these characters may be familiar to you; many you may have never heard of. As you learn about them, you may be surprised at what you learn about yourself. Be forewarned-the women of the Bible weren't always nice. But they were very real. And the ways in which they were courageous or cowardly, devoted or deceitful, are uniquely women's ways. Many of the issues they faced (violence, multiple marriages, manipulation, motherhood) are issues of urgent importance to women today. Much has changed since the first woman walked the earth. But at least one thing remains the same: being a woman is as challenging as it ever was. Come discover the uniqueness of womanhood-the things that after all these years still unite us as Daughters of Eve. "A lively, provocative, sensitive engagement with familiar and lesser-known biblical women. It touches all that women encounter-translating the dialogue into contemporary idiom and filling in the narrative space so often found in biblical stories."-Kent Richards, Ph.D., professor of Old Testament, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado "Virginia Stem Ownes has done a wonderful service in uncovering the best stories of women in the Bible, dusting them off, and presenting them in fresh, vivid prose."-Philip Yancy, editor at large for Christianity Today, and author of such books as Disappointment with God and Pain: The Gift Nobody Wants "Virginia Stem Ownes' illuminating portrayal of biblical women bridges time and culture, shattering any prevailing, one-dimensional view of these characters. She paints these women as neither heroines nor villains but vulnerable, chosen instruments of God."-Cynthia Hicks, author of The Feminine Journey TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: Women's Ways-Women of the Bible Speak to Women Today MOTHERS Eve: The First Mother Sarah Mary WOMEN AND MARRIAGE Ruth Michal and Abigail Samaritan Woman WOMEN ON THE OUTSIDE Hagar Syro-Phoenician Woman Woman with the Issue of Blood SINGLE WOMEN Martha Jephthah's Daugher WOMEN AND VIOLENCE Tamar Rizpah Woman Taken in Adultery SENSUAL WOMEN Potiphar's Wife Shulammite Maiden Mary of Bethany MANIPULATIVE WOMEN Rebekah Delilah Salome, Wife of Zebedee POLITICAL WOMEN Esther Jezebel Herodias BUSINESS WOMEN Rahab Sapphira Prisca WOMEN AND THE SUPERNATURAL The Necromancer of Endor Huldah Mary Magdalene

ISBN-13: 9780891098249
ISBN-10: 0891098240
Publication Date: 6/1995
Pages: 244
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Debbie R. reviewed Daughters of Eve: Women of the Bible Speak to Women of Today on 7/22/2009

Great use for Bible study with women. Identifies Women of the Bible, their background and how they can help focus on ethics of today's women.

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Have women changed that much since the beginning of time?
Come discover the uniqueness of womanhood--the things that after all these years still unite us as Daughters of Eve.

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Be forewarned--the women of the Bible weren't always nice. But they were very real. Much has changed since the first woman walked the earth. Being a woman is as challenging as it ever was.

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