Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter: Expanded Second Edition

by Lindsay Hardin Freeman

Overview

Women of the Bible have been trapped in dry and dusty literary caskets for centuries—but no more. In a groundbreaking book, author Lindsay Hardin Freeman identifies every woman who speaks in the Bible, providing their words, context, and historical background. Through these women, God spoke, intervened, changed, illustrated, and proclaimed the story of redemption.

We learn which women speak the most (hint: it's not Mary!) and which books of the Bible have the fewest words from women. We hear the only conversation in the Bible between a mother and daughter (and it's not pretty), the words of a woman who eats her own child, and the triumphant exclamation of a woman telling the world about the risen Christ.

Step into God's sacred circle of mothers, grandmothers, warriors, prophets, prostitutes, and murderers. You won't come out the same.

Expanded second edition features new ways to use and study the words and wisdom, updated content for today's context, and 93 prayers—one for each woman who speaks in the Bible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780880285193
Publisher:	Forward Movement
Publication date:	02/01/2023
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	624
Sales rank:	301,024
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Lindsay Hardin Freeman is a Minnesota-based Episcopal priest, author, and mother. She is the author and/or editor of eight books, including The Scarlet Cord: Conversation with God's Chosen Women and The Spy on Noah's Ark and Other Bible Stories from the Inside Out. A popular speaker and retreat leader, she enjoys finding humor and grace in the Bible, and sharing it fully—and often irreverently. Her work takes her around the country, speaking to groups large and small about the accomplishments and struggles of Bible women as models for contemporary spirituality.

The longtime editor of Vestry Papers (2001 - 2010), she has won more than thirty awards for journalistic excellence. She serves as a mentor for women in the ordination process and as adjunct clergy for St. David's, Minnetonka. She is married to Leonard Freeman (a poet, priest, and teacher) and has two sons and three stepchildren. Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter is the culmination of four years of work with a research team to explore the words of every woman who spoke in the Bible and what they have to say for us today.

Editorial Reviews

Author and visionary Lindsay Hardin Freeman brings us another great leap forward in comprehension of the realities of the female presentations in the Bible. Her diligent analysis of every line uttered by women in scripture delivers startling insights never before analyzed, nor understood, as parts of a deeper message regarding the female half of the human species. This gender, as we all know, is in desperate need of a healthier level of interaction and with Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter, Lindsay Hardin Freeman offers us hope for a fresh platform of progress. -Barbara Forster, Human rights activist

Reading Bible Women is an opportunity to get reacquainted with not only the stories of biblical woman but also to reflect anew on their words and actions. Included here are some of the most familiar biblical women and, importantly, some of those not frequently the focus of study but introduced here with devotion and respect. An excellent resource for individual and group prayer and reflection. The Rev. Dr. Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, PhD, EdD, Dean of the faculty, Professor of practical theology and religious education, Claremont School of Theology, Claremont, California

In Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter, Lindsay Hardin Freeman brings to light an entirely new and in-depth understanding of the often unrecognized contribution women made in the overall biblical narrative. Freeman's very adept biblical scholarship provides what I believe to be groundbreaking work in providing greater awareness and appreciation of the importance Bible women play in our sacred story. The Rt. Rev. Brian N. Prior, Bishop, Episcopal Church in Minnesota

Author Lindsay Hardin Freeman deftly coaxes into high relief the muffled voices of women in the Bible. We see ourselves in their anguish, estrangement, and life-giving passion and meet them in those very places in our lives. Each page calls us to be a daughter of God by stepping out of the past to share our own stories of transformation and learn the ways of God from one another. Cynthia Carson, Vice president, Province VII Order of the Daughters of the King Education for Ministry mentor, Sewanee School of Theology

Lindsay Hardin Freeman has provided a great gift to the women of our church, and to all people searching for relevance in even the smallest of words and action. As she writes in her introduction, "Their words are meant for us." Here is a fascinating offering for group study and personal reflection from this consummate storyteller and teacher. The Rev. Nancy R. Crawford National president, Episcopal Church Women, Eugene, Oregon

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