The Message of Women

Women appear in key places and roles throughout the biblical story-line.  In the Old Testament we find Eve in the garden of Eden; the matriarchs Sarah, Rebekah, Leah and Rachel; Deborah and Ruth in the time of the Judges; the prophetesses Huldah in King Josiah's time; the capable woman of Proverbs 31; the passionate woman in the Song of Songs.  In the Gospels, various women are involved in the life of Jesus, not least his mother Mary and the first witnesses to his resurrection. The boo