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Author Deen, Edith.

Title The Bible's legacy for womanhood.

Publication Info. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1969 [i.e. 1970]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  220.8 D311B    Check Shelf
Edition [First edition].
Description xviii, 340 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [321]-326.
Contents Section I. Woman's high destiny. In the creation -- In her communication with God -- In her relationship to God -- In the stream of the generations -- In her role as "keeper of the springs" -- Section II. A magna charta for womanhood. Their God-given rights -- Their status in the sanctuary -- Their occupations and creativity -- Their status as national leaders -- The responsible role of little, obscure ones -- Section III. The eternally feminine. Their never changing characteristics -- Their emotional conflicts -- How they looked and what they wore -- Beauty in womanhood -- Romantic love in womanhood -- Sexual sanctity in womanhood -- Section IV. Her denial of her legacy. Those who do not hear the word -- The influence of Pagan Goddesses -- The harlot (prostitute) and the adulterer -- Amos- those who never have enough -- Isaiah- the fashionable and frivolous -- Jeremiah- those who worship false gods -- Ezekiel- the lewd and the worshipers of false cults -- Woman's inescapable man-made disabilities -- Section V. Woman's legacy from Christ and his church. His mother, a true handmaid of [the] Lord -- His example of prayer and worship -- His example of stewardship and witness -- On bringing the visible from the invisible -- His spiritual revelations to women -- His other gifts -- The ministering women about him -- Their harvest from bearing his crosses -- Their service to his church -- Imperishable legacy- the fruits of the Spirit.
Subject Women in the Bible.
Christian women -- Religious life.
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