Consider the Women: A Provocative Guide to Three Matriarchs of the Bible - Softcover

Blue, Debbie

 
9780802874290: Consider the Women: A Provocative Guide to Three Matriarchs of the Bible
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0802874290 ISBN 13: 9780802874290
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2019

Synopsis

A timely and compelling new look at three key women in the biblical narrative Among the mostly male-dominated narratives in Scripture, the stories of women can be game-changing. In this book Debbie Blue looks closely at Hagar (mother of Islam), Esther (Jewish heroine), and Mary (Christian matriarch)—and finds in them unexpected and inviting new ways of navigating faith and life. As she sets out to explore these biblical characters who live and move in places and ways outside of the strict boundaries of tradition, Blue encounters many real life characters who challenge her expectations and renew her hope—a Muslim tattoo artist, a Saudi Arabian sculptor, a rabbi in a Darth Vader costume, Aztec dancers at a feast of Guadalupe, an Islamic feminist scholar, and more. Readers who embark with Blue on the sometimes unorthodox, subversive paths of these curious and lively figures will be led to envision more expansive and hopeful possibilities for faith, human connection, and love in our divided, violent world.

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About the Author

Debbie Blue is a graduate of Yale Divinity School and one of the founding pastors of House of Mercy in St. Paul, Minnesota (once named "the Best Church for Non-Churrch goers"). Among her other books is the award-winning Consider the Birds: A Provocative Guide to Birds of the Bible.

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Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0802874290
ISBN 13 
9780802874290
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
231