Women of the Nativity: An Advent and Christmas Journey in Nine Stories - Softcover

Gooder, Paula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781404607 ISBN 13: 9781781404607

Publisher: Church House Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Following on from her bestselling Women of Holy Week, Paula Gooder uses her extensive biblical expertise and storytelling skills to recreate the events of the nativity, from the promise of a future people to Sarah, to the presentation in the temple and the encounter with Anna, the prophet. The story is told from the perspective of nine women in all including Mary, Elizabeth, Rachel, and others whom scripture records or tradition has imagined, such as the innkeeper’s wife. As we hear the familiar stories afresh through their words, the wonder of the incarnation and its consequences for good and for ill, come to vivid life in a new way. Each story is accompanied by a painting by the priest-artist, Ally Barrett. This will be widely welcomed by all who love Paula’s writing and respect her biblical expertise as well as those looking for fresh inspiration for seasonal services from Advent to Candlemas.

About this title

About the Author

Paula Gooder is one of the UK’s leading biblical scholars and writers and is passionate about making the best of that scholarship accessible to a wide audience. She is Canon Chancellor of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, a Reader in the Church of England, and is the author of many bestselling titles.

Edition details

• Publisher: Church House Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781404607
• ISBN 13: 9781781404607
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96