Good girls, bad girls : the enduring lessons of twelve women of the Old Testament / T.J. Wray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wray, T. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the Bible.

Bible. Old Testament--Biography.

Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers : Distributed by National Book Network, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The few popular Bible stories about women are often presented in clack and white-the women were good or bad, Ruth or Jezebel. But most of us fall somewhere in between these two extremes. Good Girls, Bad Girls invites readers to take a more nuanced look at twelve women in the Old Testament, to explore their lives more deeply in the historical context, and to grasp what these stories can mean to women today.

Contents:

Life for women during biblical times

Liars, lawbreakers, and lovers

A woman with a plan : Rebekah

The hooker with a heart of gold : Rahab

Tricks and tryst? : Delilah

The girl next door : Ruth

Not a ghost of a chance : the witch of Endor

The menace beneath the mascara : Jezebel

Victims, volunteers, and vindicators

Baby, you owe me : the widow Tamar

Big sister is watching : Miriam

No man's lamb : Bathsheba

One sick brother : Tamar, sister of Absalom

A womb with a view : the Shunammite woman

Dirty old men : Susanna.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-189) and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-28337-9

1-282-49685-9

9786612496851

0-7425-6557-2

OCLC:

609847194