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Joanna – One of the women who went to prepare Jesus' body for burial. Luke [89] Jochebed – Mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Exodus, Numbers [90] [91] Judith – Hittite wife of Esau. Genesis [92] Judith, the heroine of the deuterocanonical Book of Judith [93] Julia – Minor character in the new testament Romans [94]
For example, the Bible sometimes uses different names for the same woman, names in different languages can be translated differently, and some names can be used for either men or women. Professor Karla Bombach says one study produced a total of 3000–3100 names, 2900 of which are men with 170 of the total being women.
The Bible does not say whether she had encountered Jesus in person prior to this. Neither does the Bible disclose the nature of her sin. Women of the time had few options to support themselves financially; thus, her sin may have been prostitution. Had she been an adulteress, she would have been stoned.
Gilbert Bilezikian, in his book Beyond Sex Roles—What the Bible Says About a Woman's Place in Church and Family, [159] argues that the New Testament contains evidence of women apostles, [160] prophets, [161] teachers, [162] deacons, [163] and administrators. [164]
Tabitha's story is often cited as an example of service, charity, and the role of women in early Christianity. [6] Priscilla (Missionary & Teacher) fl. 49–65 CE: Rome: Jewish Christian and tentmaker, partnered with Paul during his missionary journeys, living and working in Rome, Corinth, and Ephesus.
Junia or Junias (Biblical Greek: Ἰουνία / Ἰουνίας, Iounia / Iounias) was a Christian in the first century known from Paul the Apostle's letter to the Romans.. There has been dispute surrounding both Junia's gender and apostolic status, although she has been viewed as female through most of Christian history as well as by the majority of scholars.
Female Bible translators (27 P) Pages in category "Female biblical scholars" The following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total.
The Sapiential Books or "Books of Wisdom" is a term used in biblical studies to refer to a subset of the books of the Jewish Bible in the Septuagint version. There are seven of these books, namely the books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, the Book of Wisdom, the Song of Songs (Song of Solomon), and Sirach. Not all the Psalms are usually ...
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