
Out of the Shadows
Preaching The Women of the Bible, Vol 2
- 304 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
The story of the Bible us most often told as the story of men, from patriarchs to prophets, kings, disciples and apostles. But women are there, sometimes in the background, sometimes striding powerfully onto the stage. Their stories are frequently moving, prophetic and often good news. Sometimes they experience appalling violence and abuse, which needs to be named. In some examples, their behaviour is less than appealing and power is misused – which needs acknowledgement and exploration. In this volume, Bruce and Shercliff continue to explore the stories of the women of the bible, offering exegesis and comment, enabling preachers, and readers with a more general interest, to encounter and appreciate more of the female characters in scripture. Again, they seek to inspire imaginative approaches in preachers, combining commentary and homiletic textbook
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Table of contents
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- Dedication
- Introduction
- 1. One Who Sees and Lives: Hagar
- 2. God of the Traumatized: Lot’s Wife and Daughters
- 3. God in the Muddle: Rebekah
- 4. Sisters, Wives and Servants: Rachel, Leah, Bilhah and Zilpah
- 5. A Daughter Defiled: Dinah (Genesis 34)
- 6. Sex-Trading for Justice: Tamar, Daughter-in-Law of Judah
- 7. Vilified and Vindicated: Potiphar’s Wife
- 8. Acting Above Her Station: Zipporah
- 9. A Dancing ‘Rebel’: Miriam
- 10. Inheritance Matters: Zelophehad’s Daughters
- 11. An Ambiguous Figure: Rahab
- 12. Women Warriors: Deborah and Jael
- 13. A Misunderstood Migrant: Naomi
- 14. Raped, Dismembered, Remembered: The Levite’s Concubine
- 15. A Woman Who Challenges God: Hannah
- 16. A Player or a Pawn? Bathsheba
- 17. A Desolate Woman: Tamar, Sister of Amnon and Absalom
- 18. Eloquence in Word and Action: The Wise Woman of Tekoa, the Wise Woman of Abel-Maacah, Merab and Rizpah
- 19. A Woman of Substance: The Queen of Sheba
- 20. Wicked Women and an Unexpected Saviour: The Medium of Endor, Jezebel, Athaliah and Jehosheba
- 21. Nameless Presences: The Widow of a Prophet and the Shunammite Woman
- 22. A Slave in Syria, but a Servant of God: Naaman’s Wife’s Maid
- 23. Caught Up in Power Politics: The Woman of Timnah, Delilah, Ahinoam Daughter of Ahimaaz, Ahinoam of Jezreel, Michal, Abishag and Jeroboam’s Wife
- 24. Prophetic Pictures: The Prophetess, the Builders, the Image of Exile, and the Loving Mother
- 25. Interrupting Power: Pilate’s Wife
- 26. Daughters of Dysfunction: Herodias and Salome
- 27. She Answered Back: The Syrophoenician Woman
- 28. Seen by Jesus: The Widow with the Two Coins
- 29. A Faithful Prophet: Anna
- 30. Touched by Christ’s Compassion: Widow of Nain
- 31. A Daughter of Abraham: Woman Bent Over for Eighteen Years
- 32. ‘Rejoice with me’: The Woman with the Lost Coin
- 33. The Power of Her Testimony: The Woman at the Well
- 34. ‘Some Women’ Encounter God: Peter’s Mother-in-Law, Women of Jerusalem, Sapphira, Drusilla and Bernice
- Appendix: Sermon Series Suggestions
- Bibliography