WOMEN IN THE BIBLE

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                  Women in the Bible
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Activities
for study groups and schools

Old Testament

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Jewish Life

EVE

HAGAR

REBECCA

RACHEL

TAMAR

MARY OF NAZARETH

MARY MAGDALENE

MARTHA
& MARY


FAMILY WORK RELIGION	MAJOR EVENTS	CLOTHING HOUSING

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The Da Vinci Code
Rachel Kohn (ABC Radio)
interviews Elizabeth Fletcher

DELILAH

ELIZABETH

SAMARITAN WOMAN

CRIPPLED WOMAN

BATHSHEBA

JEZEBEL

RUTH

ESTHER

JUDITH

MENSTRUATING
WOMAN

ADULTEROUS
WOMAN

Other Bible websites

        www.bible-people.info - stories of men and women in the Bible
         www.bible-topten.com - films, heroes, villains, music, perversions, theology....
         www.bible-archaeology.info - archaeology of the Bible
         www.bible-art.info - paintings and artworks of Bible events
         www.bible-lands.info - maps, photographs and information

'What I like about the women in the Bible is that they will not let themselves become victims. They use the weapons they have - weapons quite different to men's - to get what they want. Now of course, the men fight back by criticizing them, saying things like 'beauty is a trap', 'women are full of guile', etc. Fighting back is only to be expected - I would do the same if I were a man.
Women in the Bible use whatever they can - beauty in the case of Esther, Tamar's sheer animal cunning, her status in the case of Sarah.
People only criticize what they fear. We are all trying to maintain our power positions - be they ever so humble! I don't know how this works itself out, I don't really understand, but I trust God enough to believe that all of this is an expression of God's plan for human beings. I believe that God's plan is like an unfolding flower - we don't see all of it at once, but it is happening to a pattern even without our knowing. (You can tell I am a gardener!!) So yes, God is using us, but not like a puppeteer uses puppets, more like a gardener planting a seed and then watching the plant grow - looking after it and propping it up from time to time, but letting it grow to its own pattern.'