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II Kings, II Chronicles [77] [78] Jedidah – Wife of wicked king Manessah and mother of Josiah. II Kings [79] Jehoaddan (or Jehoaddin) – II Kings, II Chronicles [80] [81] Jehosheba (or Jehoshebeath/Josaba) – Daughter of Jehoram and wife of Jehoiada. She saved her nephew Jehoash from massacre. II Kings [82] Jemima – One of Job's daughters ...
[71]: 131 The women named as leaders in the Pauline epistles contributed directly to that endeavor by acting in roles like those of men. [98] [99] [100] New Testament scholar Linda Belleville says "virtually every leadership role that names a man also names a woman. In fact there are more women named as leaders in the New Testament than men.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church's Women's Ministries department released The Woman's Bible, which was the first study Bible specifically designed for women by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and which was a New King James Version of the Bible that offered more than 100 commentaries, study materials, and profiles on female biblical characters ...
Section 4 lists various female rulers who were referred to with the title "Chieftainess." Regents, such as queens regent, are not monarchs and are not included in this page. Page does include claimants and anti-rulers whose recognition among their subjects and legitimacy as monarchs is disputed.
Priscilla illustration from the Women of the Bible, Harold Copping. Priscilla was a woman of Jewish heritage and one of the earliest known Christian converts who lived in Rome. Her name is a Roman diminutive for Prisca which was her formal name. She is often thought to have been the first example of a female preacher or teacher in early church ...
Women in Church history have played a variety of roles in the life of Christianity—notably as contemplatives, health care givers, educationalists and missionaries. Until recent times, women were generally excluded from episcopal and clerical positions within the certain Christian churches; however, great numbers of women have been influential in the life of the church, from contemporaries of ...
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The Bible is a collection of canonical sacred texts of Judaism and Christianity.Different religious groups include different books within their canons, in different orders, and sometimes divide or combine books, or incorporate additional material into canonical books.