Women in Scripture

“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, whe