Good girls, bad girls of the New Testament : their enduring lessons - Wray, T. J. (Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2016)
Life for women during New Testament times -- PART I. Sisters, sinners, and supporters : 1. Sister friends: Martha and Mary of Bethany -- 2. Suspicious sisters: Bernice and Drusilla, the great-granddaughters of Herod the Great -- 3. Caught in the act: the adulterous woman in John's gospel -- 4. Blood guilt: the woman with a twelve-year hemorrhage -- 5. A woman of substance: Mary Magdalene -- 6. Widow's rising: Tabitha, a loving benefactor -- PART II. Mothers, murderers, and missionaries -- 7. Angelic gift: Elizabeth, Mother of John the Baptist -- 8. Jesus' mom: Mary of Nazareth -- 9. Off with his head! Herodias and the beheading of John the Baptist -- 10. I had a dream: the wife of Pontius Pilate -- 11. Spreading the good news: Prisca, a missionary of Paul -- 12. A conversation with Jesus: the woman at the well -- 13. Concluding thoughts.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-223) and index.
Keywords: Women in the Bible; Bible. -- Biography