Part IV

Women of Public Debate . . . or Disdain

In this part . . .

You encounter in this part the women of mystery in the Bible — the obscure, the controversial, and the dangerous. The Bible is not a biography or a history book, and many of the people in it, like the women we look at here, have mysterious origins, unknown endings, and questionable motives. These women spark debate and discussion among scripture scholars and Bible readers alike. Yet they, too, influenced the course of history, either directly or indirectly.