Life for women during New Testament times
Sisters, sinners, and supporters
Sister friends: Martha and Mary of Bethany
Suspicious sisters: Bernice and Drusilla, the great-granddaughters of Herod the Great
Caught in the act: the adulterous woman in John's gospel
Blood guilt: the woman with a twelve-year hemorrhage
A woman of substance: Mary Magdalene
Widow's rising: Tabitha, a loving benefactor
Mothers, murderers, and missionaries
Angelic gift: Elizabeth, Mother of John the Baptist
Jesus' mom: Mary of Nazareth
Off with his head! Herodias and the beheading of John the Baptist
I had a dream: the wife of Pontius Pilate
Spreading the good news: Prisca, a missionary of Paul
A conversation with Jesus: the woman at the well