Contents by Sections

SECTION I

SEARCHING STUDIES OF WOMEN
IN THE FOREGROUND

CHAPTER 1. WOMEN OF THE DAWN

Eve	“In His Own Image”
Sarah	“Mother of Nations”
Lot’s Wife	The Woman Who Looked Back
Rebekah	Mother of Twins, Esau and Jacob
Rachel and Leah	Mothers of Twelve Tribes of Israel
Dinah	And He Dishonored Her
Tamar	“She Hath Been more Righteous than I”
Potiphar’s Wife	“Because Thou Art His Wife”

CHAPTER 2. WOMEN OF ISRAEL’S HEROIC AGE

Jochebed	By Faith She Hid Her Baby
Zipporah	Wife of Moses, the Great Lawgiver
Miriam	“Sing Unto the Lord”
Daughters of Zelophehad	They Declared Their Rights
Rahab	Woman of Faith Who Aided Joshua’s Army
Deborah	“Is Not the Lord Gone Out Before Thee?”
Jephthah’s Daughter	Example of Noble Submission
Delilah	“Entice Him and See Where His Strength Lies”
Ruth	The Faithful Daughter-in-Law
Hannah	The Prayerful Mother
Ichabod’s Mother	A Mother Without Hope

CHAPTER 3. WOMEN IN THE DAYS OF THE KINGS

Michal	King Saul’s Daughter — David’s First Wife
Abigail	A Woman of Good Understanding
Woman of Endor	A Cave Woman Who Told Fortunes
Rizpah	A Mother Who Guards Sons’ Dead Bodies
Bath-sheba	Mother of Solomon
Two Mothers of Solomon’s Time	“Give Her the Living Child”
The Queen of Sheba	She Came to Prove

CHAPTER 4. WOMEN IN AN ERA OF POLITICAL DECLINE

Jezebel	Her Name Is a Synonym for Wickedness
Widow of Zarephath	“See, Thy Son Liveth”
The Shunammite	The Great Woman
Athaliah	Only Woman Ever to Rule over Judah
Huldah	“Thus Saith the Lord”
Esther	“For Such a Time as This”
The Virtuous Woman	Her Price Is Far Above Rubies

CHAPTER 5. WOMEN IN CHRIST’S TIME

Mary, Mother of Jesus	“Blessed Among Women”
Elisabeth	Mother of John the Baptist
Anna	First to Acclaim the Christ
Martha and Mary	“The Master Is Come”
Three Sick Women	And Jesus Healed All of Them
Herodias	She Occasioned the Beheading of John the Baptist
Syro-Phoenician Woman (Also Called the Canaanite Woman)	“O Woman, Great Is Thy Faith”
Salome, Mother of James and John	“Ye Know Not What Ye Ask”
Woman of Samaria	“God Is a Spirit”
Mary Magdalene	“See, He Is Risen”
Pilate’s Wife	“Have Thou Nothing to Do with That Just Man”

CHAPTER 6. WOMEN IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE CHURCH

Mary, Mother of James and Joses, and Mary, Mother of John Mark	They Labored with and for Jesus
Sapphira	Money Became Her God
Dorcas (Also Called Tabitha)	A Woman Full of Good Works
Lydia	First Christian Convert in Europe
Priscilla (Also Called Prisca)	A Leader in the New Testament Church
Phebe	A Deaconess at Cenchrea
Drusilla and Bernice	Two Evil Sisters Who Helped Condemn Paul
Eunice and Lois	The Mother and Grandmother of Timothy