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Consider the Women

A Provocative Guide to Three Matriarchs of the Bible

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A timely and compelling new look at three key women in the biblical narrative.

Among the mostly male-dominated narratives in Scripture, the stories of women can be game-changing. In this book Debbie Blue looks closely at Hagar (mother of Islam), Esther (Jewish heroine), and Mary (Christian matriarch) - and finds in them unexpected and inviting new ways of navigating faith and life.

As she sets out to explore these biblical characters who live and move in places and ways outside of the strict boundaries of tradition, Blue encounters many real life characters who challenge her expectations and renew her hope - a Muslim tattoo artist, a Saudi Arabian sculptor, a rabbi in a Darth Vader costume, Aztec dancers at a feast of Guadalupe, an Islamic feminist scholar, and more.

Listeners who embark with Blue on the sometimes unorthodox, subversive paths of these curious and lively figures will be led to envision more expansive and hopeful possibilities for faith, human connection, and love in our divided, violent world.

©2019 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. (P)2019 Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Bible Study Bibles & Bible Study Christianity Religious Studies Biography Middle East
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moving and groundbreaking book. new readings of old stories where women characters take the front seat and where the feminine face of God prevails, although hidden, throughout centuries of downplaying of the divine feminine in the main stories told by the three monotheistic religions: Islamic, Jewish, Christian.

moving and groundbreaking book

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