Overview
In Scripture we encounter God and come to know God’s people. Women in the Old Testament, Part One,takes you on a journey through Israel’s beginnings, Israel’s captivity and freedom, and Israel’s tribal period from the perspective of the earliest women of salvation history, such as Sarah, Deborah, and Ruth. Guided by the classic commentary of Irene Nowell, OSB, and the contemporary scholarship of Jaime Waters, enter into these ancient stories of women of the Bible that remain rich and relevant for believers today. Commentary, study and reflection questions, prayers, and access to online lectures are included. 5 lessons.
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Author: Irene Nowell, OSB , Jaime Waters , Little Rock Scripture Study staff
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Imprint: Liturgical Press
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 0.60cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.170kg
ISBN: 9780814668375
ISBN 10: 0814668372
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 05 August 2024
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Format: Paperback
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome 7 What materials will you use? 8 How will you use these materials? 8 Lesson One Introduction and Women of Israel’s Beginnings 11 Sarah, Hagar Lesson Two More Women of Israel’s Beginnings 31 Rebekah, Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, Zilpah, Dinah, Tamar Lesson Three Women of Israel’s Passover 53 Shiphrah, Puah, Moses’ Mother, Pharaoh’s Daughter, Miriam, Zipporah Lesson Four Women of Israel’s Early Tribes 67 Rahab, Deborah, Jael, Jephthah’s Daughter, Samson’s Mother, Samson’s Wife, Delilah Lesson Five More Women of Israel’s Early Tribes 91 Ruth, Naomi, Orpah, Hannah, Peninnah Endnotes 108 Bibliography 109 Praying with Your Group 110 Reflecting on Scripture 112
Reviews
“Solid scholarship, readable text, and compelling stories about women of the Bible—heroes chosen by God to be instruments of deliverance and blessing for God’s people.” Stephen J. Picard, Bible Ministry Coordinator, St. Jerome Parish, Los Angeles
Author Information
Irene Nowell, OSB, is a Benedictine of Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison, Kansas. An accomplished theologian and biblical scholar, Nowell is a past president of the Catholic Biblical Association and the author of numerous volumes in the New Collegeville Bible Commentary series; author of the Sarah and Hagar volume in the Alive in the Word series; Sing a New Song: The Psalms in the Sunday Lectionary; and Pleading, Cursing, Praising all published by Liturgical Press. She is also a contributor to the Little Rock Catholic Study Bible and she is a member of the editorial board of Give Us This Day (Liturgical Press). Jaime L. Waters, author of Jeremiah in the Wisdom Commentary series (Liturgical Press), is associate professor of Old Testament at the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry. She holds degrees from Boston College, Yale Divinity School, and Johns Hopkins University. Waters also contributes to Give Us This Day and America Magazine.
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