Women of the Bible - Various authors

CMPA

Women of the Bible written by a collective of sisters

2006.11.10

The Christadelphian
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 Foreword
1 Eve
2 Sarah
3 Hagar
4 Lots wife
5 Rebekah
6 Leah
7 Rachel
8 Tamar
9 Potiphars wife
10 Jochebed
11 Miriam
12 Rahab
13 Deborah
14 Samsons mother
15 Delilah
16 Ruth and Naomi
17 Hannah
18 Abigail
19 Bathsheba
20 The Queen of Sheba
21 Jezebel
22 The widow of Zarephath
23 The little captive maid
24 Atahliah
25 Ezekiels wife
26 Esther
27 Elisabeth
28 Mary, mother of Jesus
29 Anna
30 The woman at the well
31 The woman who touched Jesus robe
32 The Canaanite woman
33 Mary and Martha
34 Mary Magdalene
35 Dorcas
36 Lydia
37 Priscilla
38 Phebe
39 Eunice and Lois
40 The Virtuous Woman

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5
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17
20
26
31
34
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137

 Foreword

( 31
2630)

 1 Eve

A Perfect Companion

Divine Instruction

Beguiled through subtilty

( 31)

( 36 )

In the transgression

( 214)

 Adams Excuse

The Seed of the Woman

Amplified New Testament 215

1977 457

The first child

426

Scriptural Lessons and Principles

523-24

 21214

A Vexed Question

1137

10

 2 Sarah

A Son by Hagar

11

1616
171

( 420)
( 856)

? Is any thing too hard for the Lord ?

( 1111)

( 36)

12

2016

A Son of promise

()

( 219)
( 429)

( 1119)

37 127

The Slave and the Free

( 422-31)

( 833)

(
821)
( 113)

541

13

 545

4
9-10

14

 3 Hagar

( 14)

( 13 15
17)

( 3)

Down into Egypt

...
( 31)

15

1211

Upwards to Zion

430 2530
16

 4 Lots Wife

( 192425)

The Filthy Conversation of the Wicked

17

19

Lingering and looking back

looked back

18

 Rebember Lots wife

19

 5 Rebekah

...

( 247)

(2420)

2450
2428

2430-31

20

 Gods Choice

A Separation Real and Irrevocable

(2459)

24

25
21

(20 )(26 )

21


( 301-2)

A Womans Prayer

22

(2527)tam

( 2534)

Such different sons

1216

22

( 263)
ahtoh

Heartache

A Scheme Devised

23

Whom God does not condemn

( 128)?

11

225

238

( 2745)

27 28

24

 Parting

358

117

25

 6 Leah

26

296

294

311

Weariness of Spirit

Cause and Effect

27

(Robert Young, Analytical Concordance)

At a disadvantage

2916

7
7
7
7

2923

28

 Humiliation and Shame

No happy ending

( 29)
3014-16

16

29

30

 7 Rachel

77
77
*
7

31

Wrestling

Wrestlings Forgotten
7

32

A vivid Symbol

33

 8 Tamar

38

13

38

25

34

5-6

Comfort and joy

A widows plight

2213

( 3826)

Judahs line

35

219

( 4612)

A Woman forsaken and grieved

545-7

36

 9 Potiphars wife

37

( 396)

The Lord is Merciful

( 7
1-5)

38

 10 Jochebed

Acts of Faith

1123

39

40

 11

Miriam

( 23)

(1520)

14 15

18

A Plan to Save Moses

41

(1116)

Fear and Hope

12

42

 Song of Victory

95

Older but less Wise

12

()
( 416)

( 1212)

Jealousy and Love

43

40
38 20
30

130

64

( 64)

44

 12 Rahab

Trust and Resolution

45

Inscribed among the Faithful

11

46

 A Mark of Identity

Mother in Royal Line

47

 13 DEBORAH

( 57)

1125

95

48

 Song of Triumph

48

( 424)

11

49

 14 SAMSON'S MOTHER

( 136)

( 219 )

A Wifes Commonsense

115

( 1323)

Samson is born
6
50

(68)

614-18

Family Bonds

( 31)

51

 15 DELILAH

( 75)

( 21
16)

( 164)

Her Home Country

52

A Position of Status

( 14151415)

( 16
5)
5500

Feminine Wiles

53

Three Tests

54

 A Womans Reproaches

Betrayal Without Remorse

11

55

56

 16 RUTH AND NAOMI

( 18-9)

112

(
115)

116

57

A Powerful Example

A Faithful Daughter

21

(223)

58


(28-9)

( 1427)

Obedience and Self-denial

( 212)

144

Recognising a Higher Power

2

(33)

59

(318)

A Strong Redeemer

255-10

A Forebear of the Lord

60

 17 HANNAH

2115

Prayers and Bitter Tears

61

Her Petition Granted

306-7

( 123)

Confident in the Lord

62

21
23

63

 18 ABIGAIL

271-7 2216 22
245

516

( 3111-12)(
619)

64

 Of good understanding

NebelNevelNaebel

Belial

( 2315)

An Unsatisfactory Marriage

600

65

...

Standing between a Man and his Folly

200

An Eloquent Appeal

66

Prophetic Understanding

( 2528
29)
711

195
317

Blessed be your discretion

(30-35 R.S.V.)

67

David's Wife

31)

68

 19 BATHSHEBA

16 331 35

113 35 2334

121-3

Royal Summons

111 50

69

Uriah's Love and Trust

30 30

Nathan's Kindnessand Rebuke

70

12

David's Affection

35

1224

43

117

71

 Anxious Days

<<>>(J.J. Blunt Undesigned Scriptural Coincidences, 1847)

Queen Mother

72

 A Son Prepares for Kingship

4

31

(2 )

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

7.

"Daughter of the Oath"

( 230)

73

 20 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

( 1242)

101

1250

(Werner Keller, The

Bible as History)

The Panoply of State

74

917-19

Hard Questions

3000 1005
( 432)?

2531

666

2819
( 225)

8
24-23

700
75


9
5-8!

Christ's Commendation
1250

76

 21 JEZEBEL

Despotism

77

400
450

Conflict with Elijah

()

A Baleful Influence

78

79

 22 THE WINDOW OF ZAREPHATH

450

400

The Long Drought

80

An Act of Faith

81

82

 23 THE LITTLE CAPTIVE MAID

1113-16

281624

Defeat and Captivity

2825

83

( 1816)

51

Kindness and Confidences

Complete Faith in God

84

2026

85

 24 ATHALIAH

75%25%

816

203132

<<>>(J.J. Blunt Undesigned Scriptural Coincidences, 1847)

J.J.

Swift Retribution

( 2112-15)
86

22 826
222 2120
Companion Bible 222

( 223)

A Powerful Usurper

( 312)

247

( 1117)

Attempts to Destroy the Seed

87

217

800

88

 25 EZEKIEL'S WIFE

( 2415-18)

597

2411-16

25

A Commission from God

89

Ostracised and Lonely

390 40

21

Messages of Terror and Distress

90

Strong Faith and a Strange Life

Death without Mourning

Slain at a Stroke

91

3321-22

True Partners in the Lord

92

 26 ESTHER

215

100

93

 Sadness and Pride

256

Companion
BibleSathai
220

()

The King's Choice

( 217)

The Amalekite
5
12
94

25
15

12 13

117

315

A Bold Venture

A Welcome Gesture

95

53

75

"The man whom the king delights to honour"

75

916

96

 Selfless and Courageous

91314

1714-16 2519

97

 27 ELISABETH

1111

( 403)

1
6

118

Righteous and Blameless

113

11992

98

522

1
1314

A Husband's Disbelief

118

( 125)

Herald of the Messiah

99

1
19

1
28

136

138

Affection and Fellowship

142-44

145

311

314
100

 ( 315)

"What manner of child shall this be!"

...
( 168)

177-79

101

 28

MARYTHE MOTHER OF JESUS

"Blessed art thou among women"

102

"My soul doth magnify the Lord"

21-10

A Mother's Delight

103

"Behold my mother and my brethren!"

A Sword through the Soul

104

A Source of Strength to Jesus

After the Resurrection

Erroneous Ideas

105

106

 29 ANNA

236-38

84

1341-2

11962

55

A widow indeed
light of her eyes

107

(
3325)

A Witness of Dreadful Days

Among the Faithful Remnant

( 2351)
108

 225

168-75

"The time is fulfilled"

400
18

18

217

1224

Redemption in Jerusalem

109

110

 30 THE WOMAN AT THE WELL

( 410)

The Gift of God

739

111

In Spirit and in Truth

112

 31 THE WOMAN WHO TOUCHED JESUS' ROBE

1525

Moment of Opportunity

113

Who touched me?

New Life

114

"Go in peace"

115

 32 THE CANAANITISH WOMAN

15
21-28

Our Example

154

( 116)

116


18
1

68

( 56)
(
212)
( 1016)

117

 33 MARTHA AND MARY

10

118

 Lazarus' Death
11

MarthaCapable and Confident

MarySelfless Devotion

119

"One thing is needful"

120

 34 MARY MAGDALENE

Waiting Weeping Helpless

121

New Life New Joy New Hope

122

123

 35 DORCAS

93236

(
!)

A Kind and Generous Heart

124

The
Dorcas Class

125

 36 LYDIA

1614

250

20

2728 1517

PhilippiAn Important City

10-12

126

1615

The First Disciple in Europe

1610

Whose heart the Lord opened

127

No Instant Conversion

41
(
61 )

1615

"If ye have judged me faithful"

119

128


11

(219)

I know thy works

1640

129

 37 Priscilla

52

A Lifelong Friendship

130

Unfailing Support and Encouragement

54

50000

My helpers in Christ Jesus

66

131

Love and Esteem

132

 38 PHEBE

16

Phebe our Sister

(
1250)

133

 Servant of the Church

( 1228)

The Secret of Happy Service

( 2227)

Phebea Saint

( 1615)

134

Phebethe Succourer
Prostatis

135

 39 LOIS AND EUNICE

136

 40 THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN

31

A Z

48

31
El

31
31

Illustrious Company

31

137

Breathtaking Goodness

310

53

31

chayil
140 4 3 1

chayil

Faithful and Wise

45
138

A Mother's Natural Instinct

A Beautiful Simile

428

12

( 32)

139

Vigour and Industry

King James
17 18

25

30

31

Christ's Life's Work

( 5
25-26)

12

140

 31

31

Privilege and Hope

412

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Chinese edition 2005.

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