| Description |
295 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 292). |
| Contents |
Preface -- Eve and Lilith -- Sarah and Hagar -- Lot's wife and daughters -- Rebekah : daughter of Bethuel -- Rachel and Leah -- Tamar : cunning versus power -- Potiphar's wife -- Rahab the harlot -- Deborah, Judge of Israel -- Jephthah's daughter -- Delilah and Samson's secret -- Ruth, the Moabite -- Hannah and her vow to the Lord -- Abigail : triumph of prudence -- The witch of |
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Endor -- Bathsheba : Uriah's beautiful wife -- The Queen of Sheba -- Judith : savior of her people -- Esther : the request of a queen -- Susanna and the two elders -- Elizabeth : mother of John the Baptist -- Herodias and Salome -- The woman with the ointment -- Mary and Martha -- Mary of Magdala -- Mary, mother of Christ. |
| Subject |
Women in the Bible.
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Women in art.
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Women in literature.
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| Added Title |
Femmes célèbres de la Bible. English
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| ISBN |
0802837697 hardcover |
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